Lighting

A complete guide on how to plan and choose lighting for your home. Learn about energy efficiency, lighting regulations, daylighting techniques, LEDs and more.

Motion sensor

Motion sensors

Allowing your lights to be controlled by motion sensors can save you money, and also make your home more secure.    Motion sensors are a cheap...
Halogen downlight globe

Halogen globes

These types of globe offer bright, white light, which is ideal task lighting and fantastic as a reading light.   Halogen globes are more efficient and...
Weatherproof fluorescent light mount

Weatherproof and underwater light mountings

Specially sealed mounts to prevent water from coming into contact with electric lighting circuitry.   Weatherproof mountings help protect lights from water. When planning a lighting system...
Cable mounted light

Cable and rail light mounts

These types of mountings are particularly common for areas with high ceilings and where movable task lighting is needed.   Cable and rail lights can go...

Fluorescent tube light mounts

A variation on the bi-pin mount, these are designed for mounting fluorescent tube lighting.   These mounts are also a type of bi-pin mount. Fluorescent tubes are...
Bi pin light mount

Bi-pin light mounts

These mounts are common for downlights, and are found in many homes as a result of the popularity of halogen globes.   Bi-pin mounts are common...
Edison screw bulb

Edison screw (ES) mount

This mount type is also extremely common throughout Australia, and features a familiar screw-in mechanism.   This mount type is easily recognisable and very common. Developed by...

Bayonet cap (BC) light mounts

These push-and-turn mount types are hold the globe in via small bayonet pins, and are very common in Australian homes.   Even if they don't...

Light mounting types

Different light bulb mountings are designed to work with different types of globes. Find out more about the different types.. Different light bulbs typically require...

Will switching to different globes save you money?

Newer globe types may be cheaper to run, but they're also more expensive to buy. Is switching worth the effort? Depending on your usage, changing...
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