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Why on earth would you want to know anything about French electrics? Bear with me, though perhaps you should look away now if you: For those of you fortunate (or mad) enough to own/rent a French property, the electrics can be a little confusing. A small table of common electrical features illustrates the point: UK … Continue reading Across the channel: French electrics
The UK government recently announced that the sale of halogen light bulbs will cease after September 2021 and fluorescent lights (i.e. strip light tubes and CFL bulbs) sometime in 2023. This had already been planned for several years right across Europe, to allow countries to reduce their overall energy demand. This change follows on from … Continue reading Older light bulbs: going…going…gone.
Now that we are all increasingly using online shopping to buy these things like LED lights, switches, downlighters, etc., we assume that these things are all made to the same standards aren’t they? I mean, they wouldn’t allow dodgy electrical goods to be sold online, would they? Alas, this is sadly not the case**. No … Continue reading Electrical items bought online shock
Quite incredibly, a good proportion of the UK’s electricity is now produced from renewable sources (like wind farms and solar panels). What is even more amazing is that at any time of the night or day you can actually see how much of the National Grid’s electricity comes from all these energy sources (and the … Continue reading Where does our electricity come from?
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