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Dead Diall 23w CFL Looking and smelling a bit crusty! This makes a high pitched squealing noise and still draws about 0.3w even though it doesn't light. It's done about 23 months of dusk to dawn in a floodlight on my house, I reckon that's about 7,000 hours? Not great really considering it's supposed to do 10,000. Still it was £2 in the bargain bin at B&Q! This has now been replaced with a used GE 20w rescued from a skip, I wonder if that'll last longer lol!?

Dead Diall 23w CFL

Looking and smelling a bit crusty! This makes a high pitched squealing noise and still draws about 0.3w even though it doesn't light. It's done about 23 months of dusk to dawn in a floodlight on my house, I reckon that's about 7,000 hours? Not great really considering it's supposed to do 10,000. Still it was £2 in the bargain bin at B&Q! This has now been replaced with a used GE 20w rescued from a skip, I wonder if that'll last longer lol!?

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Album name:fluorescent / Fail
Manufacturer:Diall (B&Q)
Wattage:23
Filesize:3498 KiB
Date added:18 May, 2017
Dimensions:2582 x 1937 pixels
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Danny   [18 May, 2017 at 05:51 PM]
Needs converting to 70w SON or 18w SOX lol
fluorescent   [18 May, 2017 at 06:13 PM]
This was 70w SON lol! The lux & running cost levels were unnecessary for this particular application!
FrontSideBus   [18 May, 2017 at 08:28 PM]
Whack a choke & PL-C lamp in there?
fluorescent   [18 May, 2017 at 10:27 PM]
I think that'll be the long term solution. I have all the required bits to convert to 18 or 26w pl-c too
Kev   [18 May, 2017 at 11:46 PM]
50W SON would be cool! Cost would be roughly £26.50 to run a 50W SON per year based on 4000 Hrs per year!
AngryHorse   [19 May, 2017 at 10:26 PM]
This is where CFL WOULD work, if not for them cooking themselves when sealed in!
fluorescent   [21 May, 2017 at 11:30 PM]
It shouldn't get too hot in there i wouldn't think. It's quite a large enclosure and only runs at night when it's cooler... on an unrelated note, the GE is already dead lol! Well cycling anyway.
FrontSideBus   [29 Jan, 2018 at 11:54 AM]
Does anybody else love the "hot" smell that you get from opening old floodlights and lanterns that have done serious time?
Andy   [29 Jan, 2018 at 11:58 AM]
Yes, I do like to sniff lanterns and electrical components that have done many years service! Laughing
Danny   [29 Jan, 2018 at 02:25 PM]
Plc would be nice! And yes all those fried wasps? Wink
Zelandeth   [17 Apr, 2019 at 12:57 AM]
Shame, for all they're from B&Q so far all Diall lamps I've had here have lasted well. Have one similar to this in a bulkhead out back which must have more than 40K hours on it now and it's still going.
fluorescent   [17 Apr, 2019 at 10:22 AM]
This one seemed to be a 'one off', as other Diall lamps I have including another 23w CFL identical to this one are still going strong.
oliver   [17 Apr, 2019 at 11:30 AM]
My Diall flower lamp is still going strong too.
dor123   [27 Apr, 2024 at 10:56 AM]
I think this floodlight was originally for 70W SON-E/I lamps, and the gear has been removed and a CFL was put in.

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