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 …
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. …
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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In the first of our ‘What’s the Best Low Energy Replacement’ series we are looking at the peoples favourite – the 60w incandescent bulb. Officially banned in Europe (at least for manufacturing), the 60w light bulb was a popular choice in many homes. As the ones you have stop working you may be wondering what …
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