philip facing problem now with all their led tube and bulb due to china manufac issue..now philip product all price drop

Ya, slowly replace it with LED one at a time after the existing CFL retires. Replacement priority givien to most frequently used light point. The chapalang brand are getting better as time advances, last time the bulb had aluminum heat sink kind of base but now no more heavy heat sink base, just plastic. Maybe better driver technology used in the bulb.

i like to used all the same so that the deviation of light diffrence is minimal. i tried 2x philips 8 watt lef before, due to brightness is not there i gave it to my relative. the eco living i saw in tesco seems to be as bright as the philips 18w essential.

I must say that the EcoLiving warm white is rather yellow, I mixed it with cool white at 1:1 ratio and to my surprise, the mixed light color temperature is just perfect and natural.
Don't forget to mark the date of installation on the bulbs so that you can track the durability of the bulbs.

will take note of this. will report back after i get the bulbs later.

When it comes tto LED, its not the brightness that matter.

You need to check the lumen, wattage, power factor.

In some case, I would suggest you go thru the SDCM (for indoor) as the color temperature should not have huge variance.

A lot didn't aware of the impact of power factor especially by consumers. I agree with the marking as this will tell you how often you change the bulbs.

Most of my bulbs in my house are now failing. I've converted to LED.

Where's the cheapest place to buy LED Bulb, say Philip one?

Appreciate recommendations please...need quite a number of it....

http://www.lighting.philips.com.my/v2/help...here_to_buy.jsp

Thanks bro...which shop can get the best deal? Any idea?

just nought ecoliving is tesco twin pack led 10w for rm27.90. any one know where to get changing bulb mechanism for 15-20ft ceilling? tq

You can get the changing bulb pole from ACE. Occasionally saw it in DIY shop.

do you know if ace sell the mechanism alone. at home i got those aluminium extendable post already. now i need to change bulb at 16ft high. my ladder is just 8ft.

or a DIY http://pad39a.com/gene/light.html

For my case is a PLC blub, no pole can do, it need some physical strength to pull out the plc light. Then again, plc only need replacement like once is 4-5 years with average 6-8 hours usage. Some climbing still ok.

It come with the pole. Never see it sell separately. The whole thing is yellow color.

Not that expensive. Just get the whole thing, and takeout the pole if you prefer.

try this diy method

http://pad39a.com/gene/light.html

That plastic bottle doesn't look like give a good grip.

You can get a crocodile grip stick. But not sure is long enough. I guess it has about 60-70cm long the stick.

thanks guys, tomorow i will go look at h/w store. not sure where have one in jb. first time having a apt with this high ceiling. other wise might need to look for 12-13ft high ladder.

With such a high ceiling, you better get a good bulb and extra bright. You don't want change it everytime. Later you curse the ceiling.

Just walk over to sg lah.

This post has been edited by ozak: Aug 21 2015, 10:23 AM

i usually used philips essential only, got light bulb can last more than 5 yrs ar? so far mine all can last >2 yrs 6-8 hrs aday usage.

I don't no what bulb can run over 5yrs. LED bulb is the only answer. But I don't have experience for that long.

The Philip LED that I show, is still under testing. With 1500lumens, it is promising.

The only LED DL I have now is run over 2yrs and look reliable. But not suitable for your height ceiling. The changing will be troublesome.

So you got to try and error to find a good bulb. Walk over to SG and find some better 1. I believe SG have more choice and good quality LED bulb.