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Safety Concerns for LED Tube Lights (ERAC)
Lighting Council Australia publishes ERAC Electrical Regulatory Ruling on LED Tube Safety Concerns when Retrofitting With the plethora of LED products of varying quality available in the market today, product safety is an issue not to be taken lightly. The [...]
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MEDIA RELEASE | 10th March 2013
Light at the End of the Tunnel for Skyrocketing Electricity Prices How Consumers Can Save Money Right Now Brisbane, Aust. – EcoWise LED can help reduce electricity costs by several hundred dollars per year for the average Australian household or [...]
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CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury
(As published on NPR.org on February 15, 2007) The Environmental Protection Agency and some large business, including Wal-Mart, are aggressively promoting the sale of compact fluorescent light bulbs as a way to save energy and fight global warming. They want [...]
Light Bulbs designed to fail: The untold story of ‘planned obsolescence’
“In the 1920′s light bulbs lasted 2,500 hours. Today, they last only 1000 hours. What happened?” The untold story of ‘planned obsolescence’ uncovers how many products, including the incandescent light bulb, were designed to fail prematurely making them more consumable [...]
CFL Bulbs: An everyday hazard
CFL (or Compact Fluorescent) bulbs are now commonplace in most Australian households, however many Aussie families are still not aware of the potential health risks these fancy new bulbs bring with them. Since the phase out of incandescent bulbs began [...]
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