Monthly Archives: March 2009

Cleaning up a broken Fluorescent Light Bulbs

A large number of people are switching to CFL light bulbs (i.e. R30 cfl) to save money and help with the environment. An increasing number of hobbists are using compact fluorescent lighting for their aquarium, grow fixtures and even using full spectrum CFL’s for overall health for their pets. It is important to remember that all fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury. When a fluorescent lamp breaks it can pose a health problem for you and your family if it is not cleaned up properly. CF Finish Reading this Post

Fluorescent Grow Lights – Best Choice for Small Growing Areas

Plants need an adequate amount of lighting in order to process their food and get the energy they need to keep living and growing well. The light available in a home is usually not enough for this purpose and additional Grow Lights will provide proper light when you are keeping an indoor garden. As an alternative to sunlight, these plant lights afford your plants the opportunity to thrive indoors, giving you a successful indoor gardening project all year round. You will get a great harvest of ve Finish Reading this Post

Removing Broken Light Bulbs from the Socket

When you accidentally break a light bulb, leaving the metal base of the bulb stuck in the socket, you will have the problem of removing the base (also called the screw thread contact) from the socket. There is a safe and easy way to remove broken light bulbs without getting a shock. First turn off the power to your sockets at the source. If it’s a stand alone lamp, you can simply unplug the unit. However for ceiling fixtures, the power to the light fixtures in the building needs to be turned Finish Reading this Post

Reduce your Carbon Footprint by Growing with LEDs

Growing your own food hydroponically makes you a part of those environmentally conscious people who are actively doing things to save the planet. If you then additionally make use of LED Plants Lights in your home garden project, you are taking the next obvious step in reducing your carbon footprint. This is because LED lights operate at 20 VAC compared to about 120 VAC used by most regular bulbs. Apart from this, LED lights are also free of the highly toxic mercury which is used in fluorescent Finish Reading this Post

Grow an Indoor Garden to Supplement High Food Costs

As food prices continue to soar through the roof, there has never been a better time to cut down on your grocery bill by growing your own food year round, indoors.

How Light Bulbs are changing Mother Earth

Environmentalists have told us that if every household in the world replaced just three 60-watt incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs, the pollution savings would be like taking 3.5 million cars off the road.

Make your merchandise “Pop” with a variety of Light Bulbs

When using a combination of ambient and accent lighting in your retail location, it is often important to adjust the light levels depending on the presentation needed and the merchandise being displayed.

Changing your Light Bulbs Can Change your Mood

Mood can best be described as the way in which we feel at a particular point in time that is the way our minds process the environment through our senses. There are usually two extremes of mood that affect us. Good moods normally relate to you feeling happy or friendly, while bad moods give us the general feeling of being unhappy, angry or impatient. The right Light Bulbs can help improve our overall well being by making us feel great and alert. The upbeat feeling you get on a bright sunny day Finish Reading this Post

Going Green is More Than a Bumper Sticker.

Using more efficient lighting saves more than just the environment. LED lights operate 85 percent more efficiently than traditional incandescent lights, which can add to big savings on your electric bill. If you’re an extensive indoor gardener, that savings can be considerable. Many of us were drawn to our love of gardening because of a respect for the earth. It’s the source of all life, from the plants that grow on its surface to the deer who eat them. If we are going to be proper stewards Finish Reading this Post

Get an Extra Boost of LED

Is your house too dark to grow healthy houseplants? Especially during the winter, providing houseplants with an adequate amount of light can be difficult to do. You can’t expose the houseplant to the harshness of the cold weather for the sake of natural light, but even with a good window, a house may be too shaded by outside trees or overhangs to provide adequate light. A small LED Grow Panel light might do just the trick. All it takes is about 15 watts to adequately provide healthy light to a Finish Reading this Post