Electrical

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...

Lighting plays a crucial role in any home renovation, influencing not just the look and feel of your space but also your energy bills and environmental impact. With the wide variety of light globes available today, it can be confusing to know which option best suits your needs while also complying with Australian regulations.

While not technically light bulbs, ballasts are a necessary hardware for fluorescent globes and affect the way they operate. Not all lights are created equal....

While still a few years off, OLED lighting panels offer a great deal of promise as an artificial light source for the home.   OLED lighting...

Fluorescent tubes provide a cool, functional and relatively energy efficient way to light large spaces.   Fluorescent tube lighting is popular in offices.   Fluorescent tubes are most...

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...

These lamps are more efficient, readily available and burn far cooler that conventional incandescents and halogen globes.   A compact fluorescent lamp, or 'CFL' for short.   Compact...

Because they're extremely inefficient and have a poor lifespan, these types of globes are now being phased out in Australia. Incandescent light globes (officially called...

LED globes, or 'solid state lighting' is fast becoming the lighting of choice thanks to its amazing efficiency and long life.     Some LED globes can...

Different types of globes offer different advantages in different situations. Choosing the wrong type can easily cost you much more in the long run. The...