Dear Daniel,

I enjoy reading the FAQ and value all the replies you have made.

What I knew about Halogen lights are they release more heat than light and are very energy inefficient, however, I hear ‘energy efficient halogen lights’ and I’m confused how Halogens could be energy efficient. Are they better than CFL?

I was also wondering if there is anyway that you can distinguish all sorts of different light globes, just by looking or turning them on?

Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you soon

Tomomi

Dear Daniel

I have just accidentally dropped and broken a compact fluorescent lamp while installing it

My friend tells me that I am going to die of some terrible mercury driven disease and that I should sell the house

Can you please en”lighten” me (LOL)

Many thanks

Jill

Hi,

We have just moved into a house with what seems like hundreds or MR16 lights (all put in around eight years ago), I will remove half of them (pitty the poor soul who’ll be patching the plaster on the ceiling) as these two rooms already have incandecent lighting, this should save power and heat.

The other half of the MR16 lighting is under a flat tine roof which was assembled TIN/SilverInsulation/Insulation Bats/MR16 Down lights, at points the Bats were touching the MR16 lights, I have replaced all MR16 globes with 20w ones I purchased from you and tried at best to remove the Bats from around the MR16 lights but being at flat tine roof at this point it is quite hard.

My question is this, how hot do the 20w globes get as I understand the 50w are in excess of 260c so I estimate the heat to be around 104c reducing the fire hazard considerably (I hope). Also, what is the power consumption of the transformers and do they represent a fire risk?

Regards,

Chrisb

Hello Lighting Pro

I’m renovating a pharmacy shop. Basically I’ve got normal halogen downlights lighting up both sides of the wall stock. I have 6 downlights on each side spanning ~9m each side but the lighting is still very dark.

I was recommended to get metal halide shoplighters.

Just want to know if that is suitable and whether 70W or 150W. Will 70W be too bright.

Many thanks

Kim

Hi Daniel,

we are looking for a track lighting solution for our retail stores. currently we are using Metail Hailide washers, installed in the suspended ceilinging tiles.

We are looking for a more flexible solution where we can add more lights or take some lights off when not needed. Please advise if 50 W track lights are sufficient enough for a retail store. trading hr 8-9 hr a day, 7 days a week. we want to use the lights to highlight our products displayed on the walls.

regards
Dirk

Re Par 30 50 watt Light bulb

Hi There

I bought a lamp that can be used as a desk light or a bed side light from a lighting shop (not yours)

The sales people assured me it was regular readily available light globe but now that they have both blown I cant find them anywhere

The markings are PAR30 50W C Lighting Ltd

Do you know where I can find replacements

Many thanks

Michael

Hi

Just wondering if it’s possible to obtain Double Ended Linear Halogen J Type Lamps rated at 5000 Kelvin (5000K)?

Thanks.

Derek

Hi

Can the various types of Compact Fluorescent lamps (CFL’s) be used in external house lights where they are have a movement sensor?

Thanks

Bryce

Help!

I recently replaced my traditional ceiling light with a ceiling fan that has a light in it. I purchased the fan from Bunnings and had an electrician install it. The name of the fan is Brilliant Contempo Eco, and unfortunately I didnt read the packaging closely enough to realise that the light in the fan is a 16W T4 Circular Fluorescent light. This has got to be the ugliest light on the face of the planet. Instead of behaving like I would expect a ceiling light to behave - that is, lighting the room with nice bright warm light, this light bathes the room in a dim blue light, which doesnt give enough light to be able to see anything, and succeeds only in making us all look like corpses.

So my question is - is there a way of changing the light without replacing the whole fan? I am hoping that: 1. there is another type of globe that fits my fan which gives a brighter and warmer light, or 2: I can get some kind of adaptor that will allow me to use halogen or regular light globes in my fan, or 3: I can get an electrician to do some minor work to change the type of globe that my fan takes. What do you reckon?

Thanks so much

Elle Z

Good Morning

Could you please tell me the difference between Single and three circuit track lighting systems and the benefits between the two.

Regards

Todd Hansson