Energy Saver Lamps

Specification

Everything published for this product. Anything not listed here is not published — ask and we will confirm it for the unit you are buying.

What it is

A fluorescent tube folded into a spiral or a stick so it fits an ordinary lamp holder, with the control gear built into the base. It goes straight in - no rewiring, no separate driver.

Who buys it

Labour accommodation and staff housing with hundreds of identical fittings running eight to twelve hours a day, facilities teams holding maintenance stock, and warehouses with legacy pendant fittings.

Made of

A sealed glass tube coated inside with phosphor powder, filled with argon and a small dose of mercury vapour. The base holds an electronic ballast on a circuit board in a moulded polymer housing.

How it works

The ballast strikes a discharge through the mercury vapour, which emits ultraviolet. The phosphor coating absorbs that UV and re-emits it as visible light. The phosphor blend sets the colour, and it is why the lamp takes two to three minutes to reach full brightness from cold.

What it gives you

Roughly 80% less electricity than the filament lamp it replaces, and eight to ten times the life - which matters more than the electricity when the fitting is at the top of a stairwell.

Where it is the wrong choice

Never on a dimmer; it will flicker or fail. Never where it is switched frequently, because short cycling shortens CFL life sharply - a store cupboard or a toilet wants LED. Never where instant full light matters, such as a stairwell on a PIR sensor.

It contains mercury

A broken lamp needs the room ventilated and the pieces cleared carefully rather than vacuumed. Spent lamps go to a licensed waste handler, not into general waste.

Brand

OSRAM, in mini twist, DULUX and stick formats.

Delivery

All 7 Emirates from our own yard. Sharjah and the northern emirates are usually same day on stocked lines; the rest of the country is one to three working days. The delivery charge depends on the emirate, the load and the offloading, and is confirmed in writing on the quotation rather than guessed at here.

Genuine stock

Genuine OSRAM stock, held at our own warehouse rather than drop-shipped. What you order is what is on the shelf, and batch and shelf life are confirmed on request.

Trade and volume

Volume pricing above trade quantities for workshops, fleets, facilities contractors and car wash operators. Send the whole list rather than one line and we will price the package instead of the item.