Breaking news - reduce your electricity bills by 20-50%

Speaking of LED light, all our lights are LED and it's pretty good in my opinion to keep the electricity costs at bay. It's not cheap though, there is some special casing and bulb that the contractor installed in our place that isn't readily available in the local hardware stores.

A good idea I bought some for the caravan this summer 1/2 watt strips plenty to read and cook in a 7mt van but they run at 12 volts(perfect with my 12 volt battery) so part of the problem is running a transformer and re wiring for a house if anyones interested I got mine from LED Fantastic

http://www.ledfantastic.com/

Do LEDs give you the depth of light that you need? Great for decorative lighting but what about something more substantial?

We have an LED bedside lamp but it is low level illumination that it offers...

Compared to a decent tungsten bulb, you mean? I've seen several different ones for sale in the big hardware stores (Citi and Ace) and the light is quite harsh. They're fine if you want a bright white light but I've not seen any that offer a softer, more natural "daylight" output.

I have one LED bulb - used for an outside light. tungsten bulbs don't last and low energy (fluorescent) bulbs take a few minutes to get bright enough which is useless for an outdoor light.

Our LED lights are warm (yellowish) and they work well for spot lights (pin lights) and for the chandelier as well, it is bright enough and I don't even notice the difference.

The downside is that it is very warm compared to a normal bulb.

OK, so just what you need in the UK...

Back to original coffee and electric - I don't think it works but would say that the biggest waste on electric is likely to be the transfer from power to heat. Insulation may help reduce the bill but fitting the right size cables in the first place may be a better option. Adding to that not being able to get rid of heat may also lead to an electrical fire.

LED lighting there are multiple types available I know from florescent tubes we used to deal with 16 types within an office environment. For people who said they suffered with headaches, depression etc. you can alter the type of lighting (yes we use to have to do this even though I am a believer in sometimes you give people too much choice. How easy is it to say can you hear that? suddenly someone hears something they never heard before for the last 20 years that has always been there.