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Halogen a Great Choice for Aesthetics, Value

August 8, 2009 – 9:22 pm

In recent years halogen lighting has gone out of vogue almost as precipitously as the Macarena. The primary reason for this is a number of overblown safety concerns specific to halogen lamps. Part of what makes halogen light so clean and bright – the proximity of the quartz envelope to the tungsten filament – is also what makes the bulb hot enough to start fires – if someone is negligent enough to let that happen. In actuality halogen lights are less dangerous than incandescent holiday lig Finish Reading this Post

Finding the Light Online

July 27, 2009 – 9:17 pm

Although the light bulb has been around for over a century now, it has evolved tremendously as a technology. While new styles of bulbs – HID, fluorescent, halogen – all use some of the same principles as Edison’s original, they really are a new species, if not a new class. On top the changes in technology over time, different bulbs designed for different fixtures, applications, and electrical currents are responsible for the creation of literally thousands of kinds of bulbs produced by Finish Reading this Post

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A (Little) Misunderstood Bulb

July 21, 2009 – 9:12 pm

Over the last ten years or so, halogen lighting has gone somewhat out-of-favor because halogen light bulbs burn so hot. This heat, combined with negligence, has resulted in a number of high-profile fires that led to a softer appetite for the bulbs from consumers and a lower appetite for risk on the part of retailers who sell halogen lamps. Yet many people swear by halogen lighting because of its warm spectrum and bright intensity, so it is worth knowing just how a halogen bulb works in order und Finish Reading this Post

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What Ballasts Do

July 13, 2009 – 9:10 pm

When it comes time to overhaul lighting systems or build them anew, many people are surprised to learn that they have to make decisions about a piece of technology they never see called a lighting ballast. Because incandescent bulbs can be directly wired into electrical systems, it comes as a surprise that gas bulbs require an additional component – the ballast – to regulate the voltage. The extra cost is no reason for despair – it is quickly recouped. Quite simply, the ballast regulates v Finish Reading this Post

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Electronic vs. Electromagnetic Ballast

July 10, 2009 – 9:10 pm

For commercial and industrial use, fluorescent lighting has long been the standard because it burns cooler, uses much less power, and throws of a fuller spectrum of light than incandescent bulbs, which is much easier on the eyes because it is closest to the natural spectrum of the sun. But for all their efficiencies, fluorescent light bulbs do require extra equipment to regulate the flow of energy through the bulb that causes it to illuminate. A fluorescent light ballast regulates energy flow to Finish Reading this Post

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Are Colorful Lights Worth the Expense ?

July 5, 2009 – 9:21 pm

With incomes down this year and the holidays not too far away, many will surely wonder whether the kitsch delight of holiday lights is worth the expense of buying, running, and replacing them. In a word, for all but the most glitzy businesses, the answer is probably no. Incandescent light strings are expensive to buy, easily broken, consume inordinate amounts of power, and need to be replaced often as bulbs break or brightness fades. The cost, in addition to the safety concerns that are warrante Finish Reading this Post

By TT5Rt78 | Posted in General Home Energy Tips | Also tagged LED Christmas lights, LED Holiday Lights | Comments (0)