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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

This Holiday, Going Green is Saving Green

August 2, 2009 – 9:19 pm

Households and businesses around the country celebrate the holidays with a decoration that is at once tacky and charming: Christmas lights. Their colors are synonymous with good cheer and revelry, which many business owners believe also translates into higher sales. But standard incandescent lights can be costly to buy, run, and replace. For all their advantages in spreading cheer, it seems there are few economic advantages to the light unless they directly translate into a sale or nice big gift Finish Reading this Post

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

Growers Face Tough (But Fun) Decisions

July 30, 2009 – 9:18 pm

Volumes have been written about the hows whys and wherefores of indoor lighting for growing. Growers of all sorts of plants all swear by different sorts of bulbs and configurations. For those who are looking to buy light bulbs for indoor growing, here are is a basic primer on the different types of bulbs. Fluorescent lighting. These bulbs emit very little heat and a clean white light that is fuller-spectrum than incandescent bulb. Because the spectrum is broader and they are much more energy eff Finish Reading this Post

By TT5Rt78 | Posted in Light Bulb Basics | Also tagged buy light bulbs, fluorescent light ballast | Comments (0)

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

By TT5Rt78 | Posted in Light Bulb Basics | Also tagged buy light bulbs, Halogen Light Bulbs | Comments (0)

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

By TT5Rt78 | Posted in Halogen Light Bulbs | Also tagged Halogen Light Bulbs, Metal Halide light bulbs | Comments (0)

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

By TT5Rt78 | Posted in Halogen Light Bulbs | Also tagged fluorescent light ballast, Halogen Light Bulbs | Comments (0)