Home Appliances and Lighting
Understanding electricity, saving energy in the home and choosing home lighting
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How to Understand Electricity: Volts, Amps and Watts Explained on Appliances
Electricity 101. A complete beginner's guide covering watts, amps, volts, ohms and kWh. How to understand electricity. What are volts, amps and watts? Cost of running appliances. AC, DC and three-phase. Resistivity of materials. A description of electric and magnetic effects of current flow in a conductor.
A Guide to Choosing Lighting for Your Home: LED, Metal Halide, CFL, Sodium and Incandescent
Did you know that a "normal" incandescent light bulb only converts about 5% of the electricity used into useful light? There are lots of other lighting options which are much more energy efficient #lighting #lamps #HomeImprovement #illumination #EnergyEfficiency
Best Way to Reduce Electricity Consumption - Turning Off Appliances on Standby
Vampire Power - Pull the Plug and Cut Down on Your Electricity Consumption. Did you know that some appliances, e.g. TVs, use up to 30% of the energy while on standby that they use while fully turned on? #HomeAppliances #SavingEnergy #SavingElectricity