Q. Question? My local ASDA & B+Q don't have such a thing. The normal energy saving light bulbs are not compatible with dimmers. Does the technology/design and way energy saving bulbs work, mean they don't support dimmer switches?
Barkinda: Every energy saving bulb I have looked at carrys a warning "do not use with dimmers". And I did try it out of interest on small lamps and it made a lot of noise that did not sound healthy to me.

Radstar: Thanks for the link, a bit expensive unfortunately.

I think I will probably be best getting rid of my dimmer switches and dimmer lamps in the long run, to reduce my energy use and bills.

A. Best Answer: No, you cannot buy CFL bulbs at a reasonable price that will operate with dimmer switches. some other types of energ saver bulbs may be OK i.e. the ones that look very similar to ordinary bulbs that you occasionally see.

I've seen them in homebase.

These dont save as much energy as CFL though.

CFL = compact flourescent light.

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Q. Question? abandon Torah in order to worship Jesus:

Listen guys, it's been a few thousand years and with the exception of a small number of converts who have left Judaism and become Christians, it's pretty darned clear that most of us, are staying put!

So, why don't you just accept, gracefully, that we are happy being Jewish, and Jewish we shall remain!

Wouldn't it save you an awful lot of time and energy to just accept this?

And doesn't it seem clear you should accept this - after all, look at how long you guys have been trying!

AND yet, here we all are - AND WE ARE STILL JEWS!

Now, what do y'all say?!
MARQ - LOL LOL LOL - DEAL! :)

TO the twit: THE ROMANS killed Jesus.
DANIEL - as I said, this post was for the evangelical groups that are spending BILLIONS this year on trying to convert Jews.
BOLYBURG - since the OT is NOT a Jewish text, it is entirely irrelevant. Get an accurate translation of the TANAKH, which IS the Jewish bible.
The Christians that call themselves 'messianic jews' are just that: CHRISTIANS
HOPE OF KINGDOM

not 'threatened' - just BORED.

And the OT is NOT a Jewish text.

A. Best Answer: OK: we'll leave you alone so you can remain Jewish IF

- you give me the Jewish chicken soup recipe
- you teach me how to make a proper matzoh ball.

[Jewish chicken soup with the big matzoh ball rates up in my top five all-time favorite foods!]

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Q. Question? for when the shops eventually stop selling them, or are you happy to use the energy saving ones?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7480958.stm

A. Best Answer: I got sent 4 energy saving ones. They irritate me because they take while to warm up, but to be honest, it's only a tiny thing. I'm happy to replace all the remaining traditional bulbs with energy saving ones.

Saves my bills a bit as well as the environment.

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Q. Question? Hi
I am just about to move into a newly built property and today, on the final inspection, I was told that EU regulations mean that all light fittings need to be ones which take special energy saving bulbs. However, the woman showing me round told me that it's virtually impossible to buy light shades for these lights and I will have trouble finding them! She suggested I pay an electrician to come in and change the overhead light fittings back to conventional two prong screw in lightbulbs. I don't want to do this as a) would prefer energy saving light fittings and b) I don't want to spend the money! Does anyone know where I can buy light shades for these overhead light fittings....is this true that you cannot buy them?

I live in the UK. Thanks!

A. Best Answer: Horrible, aren't they? Conventional shade rings are 29mm, these energy-efficient ones are 40mm across. The lampshades from IKEA will fit them.

Otherwise, you can buy an adaptor which entails cutting off the ring part of an existing shade and re-fitting with a new size.
http://www.lampholder.co.uk/html/shade_ring_adaptor.html.
If you then want to re-use the 'adapted' ones on 29mm holders you can get reducers too. http://www.thelightingsuperstore.co.uk/product.asp?productid=34518

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Q. Question? I'm 17, and recently I have been in desperate need to move out due to family problems and rent somewhere with my boyfriend. We have found somewhere for £450 pcm, meeting all of our needs, but I am seriously concerned on the money side of things.

first of all, my boyfriend gets £880 a month, but about £360 of that is paid out onto his car, of which he has on finance. So that is £520 he will have left over.

My parents will be helping with the rent, putting forward £250 a month until I myself get a job. Until then, me and my boyfriend pay £100 each on the rent.

We are planning on being extremely energy saving when we move, so I was wondering if my boyfriend's £420 would be enough to cover all utility/electrical/gas/water etc bills per month, until I get a job?

If indulging in no extras is what it takes to afford to live away from home, we will most definately put up with that until I am employed.
The house we are hopefully moving into is a very small 1 bed, if that information is needed to back anybodies answers :)
Ah, I did forget the council tax. The £420 would be reduced then to probably £330 max I guess..?
Sorry, another edit - He does now understand that buying the car so early was a mistake, and the car insurance is included in the figure I mentioned above, but as far as we know we can't get rid of it while paying back the initial price so we have to work with what we have..

A. Best Answer: If you want to figure it out exactly, why not just ask the current tenants how much they spend on bills? They'll probably be happy to give you an estimate. If the last tenants are gone already so you can't ask them, you can at least call the local council to enquire about council tax.

To be honest, my personal estimate is that EXCLUDING council tax, all of your utility bills should probably amount to about £100 per month. It will vary from month to month, so I would advise that you try to save a little money if possible, in case you find yourself in a situation a couple of months down the line where you are hit with a bigger bill than you expected - particularly come winter when you will be paying more to heat the house.

Then you can probably get by on about £100-150 per month for grocery bills, and then probably the only other thing that you need to account for is transportation - petrol, and bus or train fares for yourself.

I think you'll be fine. You're clearly quite realistic about the fact that you're not going to be having any extras or luxuries so if this doesn't bother you, then no problem.

The only problem I see here is your age. First of all, most landlords won't rent to someone so young, although I'm not sure from your question if you mean that that part's sorted already. Secondly, what kind of a job are you going to get at 17? No doubt a dead end one, because that's usually all that's open to people of that age. The problem there is that once you're in that sort of a job, it's very hard to get out. Do you not want to consider going to college? Students can get various benefits and allowances which means that it still could be possible for you to move out or your home. From the way your question is written you seem like a very intelligent person.

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Q. Question? These new fittings are bigger than the usual bayonet fittings so my light shades dont fit anymore :(

Could i have the name of this fitting so i can google it out, names of shops that supply shades for them and links to the actual product please :) Thanks
My new house came with these new fittings, they're not the usual ones, they're bigger, the bulbs use a 6 pin connection, does anyone know what this kind of fitting is called?

A. Best Answer: If you have a home improvement store (Home Depot, Lowe's, Etc) near you, I'd recommend dragging the lamp in with you to see what they recommend. They might have a solution, or you may need to contact your lamp's manufacturer to ask what THEY recommend.

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Q. Question? Three proud mothers were describing the virtues of their children. The first said, “My daughter, the surgeon, has invented a new artificial liver that has saved the lives of countless patients.�

The second proudly proclaimed, “My son, the physicist, has developed a new energy source capable of heating thousands of homes with absolutely no pollution.�

“That is nothing,� replied the third, “my son the lawyer has discovered a new accounting system that allows him to bill clients for the time he spends on the golf course!�

A. Best Answer: How about: "My son wanted to be a doctor or a physician until he found out they actually have to work for a living."

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Q. Question? Hi, for my homework i have to make an advertisement using Windows Movie Maker. The advert should be based on a made up company which makes renewable energy sources like solar power and appliances which save water and so on. I can't think of what to do! Any ideas?

A. Best Answer: think of a company name. freeze on it. take ONE product it makes - either solar or water saving. get a baseline.

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Q. Question? the ways to optimise growth conditions of a industry process. What temperature to use and the cost implications in terms of staff time saved against costs of energy and possible storage space.

A. Best Answer: In brief, the cost of people almost always far exceeds the cost of energy, space and automation. So, the question seems to be asking if I grow something at a lower temperature (but it takes longer to grow and my staff will be sitting around playing cards while I pay them), will I save money over growing it at a higher temperature (where I use electricity to heat the incubator, but my staff is busier and more productive). I would vote for increasing the temperature of the incubator to get the bugs to grow faster, so the staff is busier and more productive.

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