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Plumen 002 drop cap range

Warmer Tones: New Plumen 002

As you may be aware, the 11w Plumen 001 (and 9w Plumen Baby) were made as the world’s first designer low energy light bulb, taking a conventional CFL and radically transforming it into a beautiful, poetic form.  Here are My Green Lighting we have been championing the fact that low energy doesn’t have to mean …

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Rydall metal shade

When the shade says 60w max…

Historically, many light fittings and shades had a little sticker somewhere on them which said ‘40 max‘ or ‘60w max‘ so that you knew not to exceed that wattage when choosing a light bulb. But with so many low energy options available, what does that sticker really mean now? Normally, the reason for saying ‘max …

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Dimmable integral COB LED downlight

Downlights (part II) – starting from scratch

But how many? What if you don’t currently have any downlights – how many do you need to adequately light a room? Firstly, particularly in a room such as a kitchen, the location of cupboards, especially wall cupboards needs consideration; it would be pointless to install a downlight over the top of a wall cupboard. …

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Dimmable integral COB LED downlight

LED Dimmable Downlights – what’s the difference?

We have a couple of dimmable downlight kit options when you are looking for a recessed downlight for any room of your house. The main two options are the Elan dimmable downlights and GU10 dimmable downlight kits, both of white can be seen in our dimmable LED downlights category. The main obvious difference is the …

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