Saturday 24 August 2013

LED Light Bulbs-Convenient And Eco-Friendly Way To Light Your Home

We all look for products that are eco-friendly, easy to use and affordable. Regular light bulbs emanate a warmer yellowish light that we are generally used to. The sudden switch to a glaring white light may not be easily acceptable; but they truly have specific advantages.

The reason that most people these days actually go for LED light bulbs in spite of their complain that they cost a lot more and the light they emit is just not the same as a regular light bulb is that they are more energy-efficient. These bulbs utilize half the amount of power that regular light bulbs do. This enhanced energy efficiency allows home or business owners to reduce their power bills when they install them throughout the house or office. The extra cost incurred in the process of replacing all the light bulbs with the LED variety should be weighed against the overall cut in the electricity bills in the long run.

Basically dimmer switches are used to vary the vividness of light bulbs. They are used mostly for incandescent bulbs and halogens. These switches save energy; half power only uses about half the electricity, there being very little utilization in the switch itself. Cheap switches contain a high current variable resistor which is run in series with the bulb.

These switches can help to significantly lengthen the life of your light bulbs. Most light bulbs tend to burn out instantaneously after you through on the switch. This is habitually caused by the sudden flow of current entering the bulb. Dimmers allow you to ramp-up the voltage steadily, thereby dropping the amount of pressure on the bulb. In addition, running the bulbs at reduced glow levels will significantly lengthen their life, saving you even more money in the long run.

Replacing the light bulbs for an entire property at times may be quite costly. It is therefore important to make the selection of such bulbs cautiously. The price of the bulbs has gone down considerably in the last few years yet if you are willing to replace all your bulbs with the LED variety, then you need to shell out a good amount for it.

A quick online survey will update you about every leading brand that offers some type of warranty. While purchasing ensures that you get a reasonable warranty period. Enjoy dependable and energy-efficient light. They fit all of your existing lights and you do not need to change the converters and make new fixtures. Choose from a wide variety of shapes available, and you'll easily be able to use these bulbs all throughout your home.

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The Author publishes information about Meteor Electrical Limited and likes to write on dimmer switch, led lightbulbs, consumer unit, switches and sockets, chrome light switches, mcb etc 





Friday 2 August 2013

Garden Light Trends with LED Light Bulbs



When homeowners first began utilizing a garden light with classy Switches and Sockets in their landscape, it was nothing more than a simple light along a path. Now it has been cultivated and grown into a mesh of exterior entry lighting for safety and for aesthetic qualities. 

With an exterior garden light and LED Light bulbs you can indicate to yourself, your family, and your friends where the entry is. You can use them for businesses as well as homes. They can also light up the building numbers with nice Switches and Sockets. It has become a growing trend to emphasis aesthetically pleasing entry lights. In terms of quantity, there is some debate between whether a single garden light or a string of garden lights is more aesthetically pleasing. When you combine the aesthetics of a garden light with the usefulness of an entry way light, you must also combine decorating principles. It is good to create an inviting lighting system which offers uniformed levels of lights. Instead of using a single bright garden light, try integrating many lower-light fixtures near ground level. This offers the same safety of a single, bright entryway light, with the appeal of a creative garden. Generally using a single garden light will be too bright and therefore, all areas leading to the single light are dimmer. They are generally, in fact, too dim to provide any safety. With multiple garden fixtures, you can create lighting in areas which have key interest to you such as next to signs, doorways, or stairs. This also helps to evenly distribute the light around your garden. With a mixture of task lighting and accent lighting, you can use exterior garden lights to highlight the exterior features of your home while providing you with security and safety. You can integrate up-lights or post lights to accomplish the aforementioned lighting goals. 

In terms of a garden light, a glare is caused by two things. The first is too much contrast and the second is a direct view of a light source which is unshielded. If there is too much contrast the rest of your exterior garden will remain in the dark. A desirable contrast ratio is less than five to one. You want to softly accent your garden, walkway, doorway, or stairs without creating a glare. The importance of a garden light cannot be underestimated, as it is responsible for creating the first impression of your home. It will take the eye a much longer time to adapt to excessively lit buildings or homes as well as darker outside walkways. Both of these make it difficult to see. 

While causing visual difficulties, having excessive garden lights can cause other problems as well. The additional light will reflect off of any surrounding surfaces such as wall and walkways. This reflection bounces into the sky which creates what is referred to as “light pollution”. This light trespass will invade any adjacent homes or buildings. The “light pollution” then reduces the ability to view things in the sky such as the moon and the stars. This compromises the quality of view and life for everyone. Overall, with continued “light pollution” entire neighborhoods and cities will experience brighter nights because of newer, efficient light sources which use higher light levels with lower power consumption.

Author Bio:-



Jenny Brighton writes about Meteor Electrical Limited. He has been writing for about five years. He loves to write about consumer units, garage consumer unit, switchesand sockets, led lamps and other electronics products. Follow him on Twitter at @MeteorElectrical