TCP T9 40w cool white

I hope these are better than the homebase TCP T12's. They are not shielded. Recently bought 2x 40w circular fittings to stick in my hallway, plan to save the vintage banded Philips & Osram tubes to the collection & see how these do.

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Manufacturer:	TCP
Type/Model:	40w T9 840 cool white
Wattage:	40
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dor123

[31 Aug, 2024 at 04:17 PM]

Isn't TCP an American brand?

Danny

[31 Aug, 2024 at 04:25 PM]

These should be OK. Theyre bell made

Beta 5

[31 Aug, 2024 at 04:50 PM]

Do Homebase still sell these? The TCP T8's seemed reasonable too.

Arrowslim

[31 Aug, 2024 at 04:58 PM]

I got these on eBay for a reasonable offer.. the seller has more if you want to blag an offer Smile

Beta 5

[31 Aug, 2024 at 08:30 PM]

Cheers, I'll take a look Smile

Arrowslim

[01 Sep, 2024 at 10:31 AM]

dor123 I am not sure, but I don't think they are American

Patrick

[02 Sep, 2024 at 08:27 AM]

Still afew hanging on in local homebase, Bell are quite decent would give Polish Philips a run for their money Cool

Arrowslim

[02 Sep, 2024 at 12:18 PM]

That is great to hear the TCP T12's were not great. our local Homebase closed years ago, when I got Russian 18w Osram's for 50p a piece (they were lumilux interna (827) so not everyone's cup of tea

Patrick

[02 Sep, 2024 at 01:28 PM]

I remember that Homebase sale around 2019 time got a load of Osram in 840 and 827 - thought they'd be finished with fluorescent after that sale but TCP was stocked then

Flurofan96

[08 Mar, 2025 at 04:23 PM]

These do have their use for saving vintage circline tubes but then again Chinese made tubes always do have some surprises such as surpassing our expectations

Lightbulbfun

[13 May, 2025 at 12:28 AM]

I snagged a few of these, while the general construction and cathode electrical specfication spec seemed pretty good, and indeed I confirmed by my spectrometer they are 840 Triphosphor, I have to say I found the colour of the example I tested to be a bit naff, somewhat green tinted, kinda spoiled an otherwise decent-all-things-considered tube, I did a technical upload of these on LG if your curious about the nitty-gritty Smile

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