Do You Need 50,000 Hour LED Bulbs?
The world’s longest-burning bulb lives at a fire station in Livermore, California. It has been going almost continuously for over 110 years. ...
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Understanding The Dangers of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
You see them in every grocery store and home center – those funny-looking curly compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that are rapidly replacing ...
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LED Light Bulbs – Their Time Has Come
Just as we all have made the switch to compact fluorescent bulbs (I hope!), along come LED light bulbs, which are now the most energy efficient, ec...
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LED Light Helps Double Vitamin C in Tomatoes
Exposing tomatoes to extra light from LED Lamps during the growing process boosts the fruit’s nutritional value by nearly doubling the a...
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Eskom almost runs out of power
South Africa’s power capacity exceeded peak demand by the smallest amount since at least January 2012 yesterday, said Eskom, the utility that...
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SA may have a dark winter - Eskom
Eskom said it was prepared to introduce rolling blackouts this winter in some parts of the grid to prevent a complete system collapse, which would ...
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LED lights could become network devices, too!
Today, you've got wireless networks that use radio waves and you've got optical networks that use light traveling in tiny glass fibers. Tomorrow, i...
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5W LED Downlight vs Osram 50W Halogen Downlight
This weeks comparison series takes an in-depth look at the 5W LED Downlight and an Osram 50W Halogen 50W. We examine light-distribution and lux rea...
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Eskom's Billiton losses already R10.7bn
Johannesburg – Eskom has already made a loss of R10.7bn through supplying electricity to Hillside, the bigger of the two aluminium smelters a...
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Affiliate Program: Using Text Links
Not everyone has a website or a blog that they can use the banners from our new Affiliate Program so this short post and video will show you h...
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Eskom: How consumers are milked
Eskom sells 9% of its electricity to BHP Billiton’s two aluminium smelters at less than one-fifth of the tariff paid by other consumers, ...
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The Heavyweight Battle: 100W Incandescent vs 10W LED Bulb
The incandescent light bulb has been around for over a century and revolutionised our lives and the way we live! But now we believe that a SERIOUS ...
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How Long is 50,000 Hours?
Most of our LED Lights are rated to last 50,000 hours but this doesn't mean that they are blown or completely failed at 50,000 Hours. LED's are rat...
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How LED lighting could help cut food waste
Changing the lightbulbs could help supermarkets reduce the estimated 300,000 tonnes of food waste they produce each year, according to one lighting...
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LED light at the end of the tunnel for Paris Metro
PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded a contract worth around €11m to Soitec and a consortium of Philips and French partner Step to ins...
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Hoffman Introduces First PAR64 LED Aircraft Landing Lights
Hoffman Performance Lighting has introduced the first ever PAR64 LED Landing Light; a drop-in replacement for existing Q4559 and Q4559X quartz...
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13W CFL Candle vs 4W LED Candle - 87% Less Electricity Costs!
LED Candles are a great way to lower your electricity costs! This short posting will highlight just how LED Bulbs save you money. Many people ...
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Kick a Soccket soccer ball, power an LED lamp
Portable generators just got a lot more fun with the introduction of the Soccket, an energy-harnessing soccer ball raising funds on Kickstarte...
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LED light strip could help fight driver fatigue
A driver assistance system that uses leds to alert distracted drivers to danger has been unveiled in the US. The 'driver focus' system consi...
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Why Nersa cut Eskom price hike
Thembani Bukula, chairman of the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) electricity sub-committee, explained why the regulator cut Eskom’s p...
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60W Incandescent Bulb vs 7W LED Bulb: A Savings Analysis
LED Bulbs are a great way to lower your electricity costs! This short posting will highlight just how LED Bulbs save you money. We have a Mr Joe Bl...
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Eskom Gets 8%
Cape Town - The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) on Thursday announce that Eskom can hike its tariff's 8%, half of the 16% the power utility...
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WSDOT installs LED lights on Highway 101
Crews will begin installing new lights along Highway 101 Monday that are expected to save money, reduce energy use and increase driver’s abilit...
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Audi sheds light with Matrix LED headlamps
Picture this: you’re driving at night on a long and rather pleasant section of deserted road, and all of a sudden some character drives past th...