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Article: PUTTING A BEAM ON ENERGY-EFFICIENT WORK LIGHTS SMART HOMES.(Life and Arts)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 8, 2008
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Byline: JIM DULLEY Columnist
Dear Jim: I like to work on my cars in the garage and do other projects around the house where I use a cage-type work light. It gets hot, so I know it wastes electricity. What other work light options are available?
- Chris M.
Dear Chris: Cage-type work lights are inexpensive to buy, but as with most products, you get what you pay for. All of that heat you feel, sometimes with burn marks on your arms to prove it, is just wasted electricity from the inefficient incandescent bulb it uses. If you are lucky and the bulb does not break, it still will last only about 1,000 hours. What makes efficiency matters ...