by Dean Mance | Aug 11, 2013 | Reduce Your Power Bill, Save Money
Hi this is just a quick note to talk about compact fluorescent lamps.
In the last few days we’ve had a couple of enquiries from clients who have complained their lights have been flickering, even though they’re turned off.
After a bit of checking we found the culprit is their compact fluorescent lamps. Compact fluorescent lamps come in a range of qualities, from different manufacturers and usually, the more money you spend the less likely you are to have problems with flickering.
If you have some flickering compact fluorescent lights don’t panic, your house is not haunted, they will flicker from time to time under certain circumstances. If you do have a problem with this try changing to a different brand of lamp or try moving the lamp to somewhere else where it’s not going to be a problem if it does flicker occasionally.
If the problem persists you may have to change to a different style of lamp, perhaps a halogen or LED. For more information about lighting and for money saving ideas, check our website, www.manceelectrical.com.au
by Dean Mance | Aug 6, 2013 | Fun Ideas For Your Home, Reduce Your Power Bill, Save Money
Well, the answer is yes. And no. It depends. Older style dimmers still use the full amount of power and dissipate the excess energy as heat. Newer electronic dimmers do save electricity by reducing the amount of power supplied to the light bulbs and therefore will save you money.
Not all forms of home lighting are suitable for dimmers, so when you buy lamps you want to dim you should check what it says on the box. Some compact fluorescent bulbs and LED lamps will work with a dimmer and some will not. Some will work with an iron core dimmer, some will only work with a leading edge or trailing edge electronic dimmer.
And some will constantly flicker, no matter what type of dimmer you use. Halogen lamps will usually work fine.
A new electronic dimmer will set you back around $70 plus installation costs, so it may take a while to recover your investment through power savings, but dimmers are a great way to change and control the lighting effects in your home.
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