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Posted by member hardy editor on Tuesday 27 October 2015

* URGENT MESSAGE TO ALL HOC MEMBERS REGARDING LED REPLACEMENT LIGHTING BULBS. One of our HOC members has written to us to warn of buying LED bulbs online from some suppliers who are selling them cheaply. "Please would you make other Members aware that if they are considering converting their light bulbs to low energy LED then do not buy cheap ones online. I have just had one tonight catch fire. I thought that I had changed them all as I noticed that they were getting hot after just a few hours use. The G4 type came with a CE mark on them and the packaging looks convincingly authentic but clearly it is fake! I bought mine at an online website at a fraction of the price of other suppliers but when I compared the two products I noticed that there were components missing from the counterfeit ones. I'm no electrician but I do have an eye for detail. I shall be contacting trading standards in the morning. Just to prove fire can happen to anyone! Imagine if I had fallen asleep!!" Kind regards A.Purnell

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