TV Brightness v Power Consumption!

When I read my Economy 7 electricity meter on 3 October and registered the reading in the spreadsheet that I use to monitor my electricity usage, I noticed that the day time usage had increased from 2.8kwh to 3.3kwh during September. It's been around 2.8 for a long time so I was a bit puzzled. I wondered if perhaps I had left my kitchen spotlights on too long because there are 3 of them rated at 20 watts. All my other lights are low power ones using 6 watts or less but the spotlights are very Read more [...]

SPOTLIGHT HAPPINESS!

Goodness knows why anybody would have installed kitchen spotlights in my studio flat but I realised when I moved in over 2 years ago that they must be expensive to run so I only turned them on when I needed to see well in the kitchen area.  One of the bulbs stopped working a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to replace it but wasn't quite sure where to get them. Today in Asda I noticed there was an energy saving version (LED) costing only £4 for 3 twist-fit bulbs (GU10). These use Read more [...]