Can you remember when gas cost less than $1.00 per gallon? It wasn’t until the oil embargo in 1973 that Congress first set fuel efficiency standards and that forced dramatic improvements that started to take effect by the mid 1980s (read Time Magazine’s, A Brief History Of: Fuel Efficiency to learn more). We’re finding new [...]
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Light Up Your Kitchen this Winter
When the days get shorter, we rely on our indoor lighting more. One way to update your kitchen in time for the holidays is to add some extra lighting, and if you use the new CFL or LED technology, you won’t really add much to your electric bill. Maybe you haven’t thought much about the [...]
Lightbulb Confusion: Incandescent vs ?XF#@C%*L#
Light bulbs? We’ve all got spare bulbs tucked away in our house somewhere. You may not remember when you last bought or changed a light bulb. You probably don’t think about much unless it requires climbing up a ladder. That’s because light bulb technology hasn’t changed for more than 100 years. The Energy Independence and [...]
Ceiling Fans: Nostalgia or Energy Savings?
The first rule when buying a home is location. The second rule is … you don’t want to own the most expensive home in the neighborhood so you need to consider which features are most important to you. As you consider extra features, you also want to balance those that enhance atmosphere and those that [...]
CFLs: Learn Why You Want Them
You’ve heard about CFLs, short for Compact Florescent Lightbulbs. Do you know why you should be using them throughout your home? They’ll save you money and time as you won’t have to replace them as frequently as you do incandescent bulbs. You’ll also be helping the environment as CFLs use less electricity.
Habits are safe, comfortable [...]
LED versus CFL Lightbulbs for Christmas?
Each family has their own holiday traditions and for many of us, that includes decorating our homes with strings of holiday lights. It’s always an adventure untangling the strings of lights and testing them to be sure they’ll light up, as one of the chores requiring lots of patience is finding and replacing the one [...]
Emergency Light Repair on July 4th
One of the things Americans like to do on holidays is go shopping. This past weekend we had an emergency call from a shoe store, as the support wire for a light fixture snapped and we were asked to quickly …
Repair or Secure Light Fixture for Safety
The wiring wasn’t anything we could find locally, and [...]
Energy Choices: Best CLF Manufacturer
During a recent training session for Mr/My Handyman technicians, we were reviewing our green checklist, and specifically those quick projects that offer great savings to our customers. CFL lightbulbs are at the top of the list along with programmable thermostats, and the technicians consistently said that Sylvania’s products are the best.
Another technician who has them [...]
Tips for Recycling CFL Bulbs
Compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs are gaining in popularity as they use 75% less energy than standard incandescent light bulbs. It is also easy to convert to CFLs. You simply replace old light bulbs in your existing light fixtures, with new CFLs.
However CFLs contain mercury which makes their disposal more challenging. Home Depot has announced [...]
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