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Hello All,

I am about to buy the electrical fittings and have zeroed in on the below brands. Please let me know if they have any downsides or better choices are there.Do I need to bother about wattage of the Fans/Lights ? Do they make a significant difference in the Bescom bill ?

Fans:
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Crompton Greaves ( 1200mm long 3 leaf fans). Model High Breeze( HB ) 1400 Details at http://www.lokeshelectricals.com/Consum ... _Fans.html

Lights
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Mix of tubelights and CFLs both from Philips. Equivalent to a 40Watt yello bulb, what wattage should I choose in case of CFL ?

Geasers
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Racold

Solar Water Heater
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200 litre , Solarizer normal ( not tubular one).

I had checked tata bp, sundrop, solarizer solar water heaters. i knew a few people using solarizer and they did not have
any complaints since few years and also the price was competitive, so opted for it. just fyi, 200 litres solarizer normal
(flat plate) costed me Rs 28k. Had to spend some more money (rs 4k)for piping and other materials, labour to connect
it to the overhead tank. this additioanl cost depends on how far is your solar water heater from the overhead tank and
bathrooms.

Check out the power rating of each of the electrical devices. A 5 star rating is preferred and saves money.

For geaser

I brought Haier from avenue rd
Reasons
7 years warranty (Max among all products)
Competitive pricing (Lowest among all my inquiry)
Clean look of product
Good Specs

Hello All,

I was thinking of modular switches and this is my interpretation please correct me if Iam wrong

High end models - Legrand and Crab Tree
Medium Range- Havells,Scheneider
Low- Anchor series,Lisha etc..

I would like to know in the medium range what I have mentioned above(Havells & Schneider) which is of better quality in terms of durability & maintainence,service interms of ease in replacing them and cost effective out of these two. As Iam in the process of deciding which one to use .All your expereince and suggestion will be appreciated .
Regards,
magblr

magblr wrote: I was thinking of modular switches and this is my interpretation please correct me if Iam wrong

Sorry if i sound ignorant, but what is a "Modular Switch"?

To the best of my knowledge from what I have heard and seen, none of the switches you have mentioned have any product quality issues. So would recommend you to buy as per your budget requirement.

jackalbda

Here is the thumb rule for CFL equivalents.

1) 40 W Bulb = 11W - 14 W CFL based on the area of lighting.

2) 50 W Bulb = 18 - 20 W CFL

3) 80/100W Bulb = 23 - 25 W CFL

FYI, Philips Regular CFL Tubes comes with 3 types of CFL's for the same Power consumption/wattage, but different intensity/Brightness level. All these are available starting from 5W, 8W, 11W, 14W, 18W, 20W, 23W, 28W...etc


1) Essential: Which is cost effective and entry model

2) Genie: Mid level, bit pricier with higher Intensity for the same wattage.

3) Tornado: Premium CFL's, highest intensity and premium charge.

Also for Tube lights, Ensure to go for Electronic Ballasts which are most efficient and consumes very less power(less than 1W), whereas conventional copper coil chokes consumers an average of 10W, bulkier, makes humming noise in certain cases and in some cases it takes longer time to lit the tube light.


NOTE: CFL tubes to be handled very carefully. They contain dangerous Mercury. Please handle it with special case, Especially in case of damage or disposal. Leakage of Mercury is very dangerous for Human beings and also to the environment. Do not through it somewhere. This needs to be systematically disposed like e-waste.

That was a quite an informative post msn1270 . Thanks a lot.

I had gone Havell's tube lights, of slim type design with the electronic ballast. I felt that CFLs are expensive and less illuminations.
in the slim type tube lights, I got 5W (1 feet length) for bath rooms, 9W (2feet length) for bed rooms and then, 18W for the living areas. I am happy with my decision.