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Still Using Halogen Lamps? Are You Mad?
One suspects that this may be due to the fact that when the ban on incandescent lighting technology was first conceived, the only viable alternative was Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) and these are no way acceptable as substitutes in terms of performance for regular halogen spot lights.
But of course a lot has changed in the intervening years (the phased withdrawal of incandescent light ... What To Look For When Buying LED Spotlights
The reasons are threefold:
Conventional incandescent lighting is being globally phased out and is therefore becoming increasingly scarce and will soon not be available as a domestic lighting option at all.
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The most well known low energy alternative to incandescent lamps are compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), but there are a whole host of problems with CFL bulbs that essentially condemn the technology as a blind alley, or at ... Review of LED Replacements For Standard Light Bulbs
As a consequence, where GLS lamps are concerned there has been little alternative until recently other than the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). In fact, as standard incandescent GLS lamps become ever more scarce (due to global legislation to phase out their production and sale) it was starting to look like there was little hope for those who, quite understandably, really have a problem with CFLs.
But thankfully that's all ... How To Get The Best Home Lighting
CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) are what they sound (and look) like, small fluorescent tubes and most are about 4 times more efficient than equivalent brightness incandescent bulbs.
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are in fact a pair of semi-conductors bonded together where an electrical charge causes electrons to flow from ... What To Look For When Buying Low Energy Light Bulbs
So what should you be looking for as you poke around the lighting shelves and find them now devoid of the old familiar light bulbs of yore?
For a start, low energy light bulbs currently come in two main forms: the fairly common CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) which has been around a few years already; and the, as yet, less well known LED (Light ... 
