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Everyone knows how to replace light bulbs, right? These days it's a challenge and here's why I'm mad. We grew up knowing how many watts each incandescent light fixture needed, and kept a supply of 40, 60, 75 and 100 watt light bulbs. In the past when I found a burned out 75 watt bulb, all I had to …
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Natural light is an important feature of every home when building or decorating a house. Most homeowners don't recognize the important of natural light because it's not an object you see like walls, windows or furniture. Artists and those who understand lighting, make natural lighting a priority …
Lighting plays an important role in our lives so how do you know which lights you need in your kitchen? One of my pet peeves is websites (and stores too) selling products based on their look and feel. To show you how silly this is, think about how much time you spend looking up at your light …
What does a light bulb look like? That might appear to be a silly question but the subject of light bulb technology is hot one these days. That's because the federal government is requiring light bulbs to become 30% more efficient by 2012 (law was passed in 2007) and that's driving huge changes in …
Why are there so many different types of lightbulbs? We all know what light bulbs look like don't we? Not really as the traditional, incandescent light bulb pictured on the left wastes 90% of the energy generated because it's as heat while only 10% of the energy actually produces light. We're …
Continue Reading about Compact Florescent Lightbulbs: A Fun Video
Compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs are gaining in popularity as they use 75% less energy than standard incandescent light bulbs. It's also easy to convert from today's incandescent light bulbs to CFLs. You don't have to buy any new light fixtures. When an existing bulb burns out, simply replace …
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