Show News: The Internet Retailer is at the NEC Hombuilding Show March 24th to March 27th 2011

News Updated 11.02.2011 - The Internet Electrical Store & The Internet Switch Store will be featured at the Nec Homebuilding show 2011 as detailed here:

http://national.homebuildingshow.co.uk

Our range of products on display will cover all our 5,000 switches and a selection of our 5,000 light fitting ranges. Our technical and sales team will be on hand for any advice required. We will also be able to discuss your lighting requirements on site for your build or redevelopment to give you an idea of pricing / budget.

The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show is returning to the NEC, Birmingham from 24-27 March 2011. Visitors will find all the advice, ideas, inspiration and innovations they need to create the home of their dreams – all under one roof.

Meet over 500 of the UK’s leading self-build and renovation companies, see 1000’s of new products and services and attend one of the 64 free seminars or 48 specialist masterclasses, offering a fantastic opportunity to enjoy advice from the country’s leading experts. Pick up new ideas with more independent advice than ever before. No matter what stage you are at, how many projects you have done before, there is something for everyone. From budget to built, it’s all covered.

Anything in the meantime please contact us: sales@theinternetelectricalstore.com

or on the link below:

http://www.theinternetelectricalstore.com

Ben Sunderland
For and on behalf of The Internet Retailer Limited

LED Light Bulbs and How they will make you a saving

Thanks for the post on my video:

The comments below were worth more detail to summarise in full than my youtube summary page would allow:

TheDiddlysquat - 20 hours ago

COMMENT:

incandecent bulbs are about 25p each so the led one costs 200times more and although it uses less electricity you heating bill will increase as your no longer getting background heat from old skool light bulbs.

incandecents are very tolerant of electrical spikes, led lights fail much quicker.

RESPONSE:

Thanks very much for your comments, I can see this questions being asked many times, so I am going to detail this for you in some detail: A cheap incandescent bulb will cost you closer to £1, but for arguments sake, lets say your are correct and you purchase a 25p bulb. This will be the worst and lowest quality available, which will mean your bulb will only last approximately 500 hours. The price of an LED (The best cree chip, 4.6w golf ball will cost you £29.99 on our website) being the noted £29.99 this is actually 120 times more expensive than your initial bulb, but has a lamp life of 50,000 hours.

So now your actual cost of the 25p bulb that lasts on average 500 hours, will now need to be replaced 100 times to match the 50,000 hours of the LED bulb, so this now costs you £25.00

Consider this also, 100 trips out to the DIY store etc to collect a bulb at a time, or even a pack of 3,5 or 10. This 'pick up' cost will now (Already at this early stage in the calculation) mean that the cheap 25p bulb is MORE EXPENSIVE than the LED bulb.

Lets say, you live 2 miles from the DIY store and go 100 times to pick a new bulb up. The average cost of running an average car (As indicated by HMRC allowances) is 40 pence per mile, so that would cost you £1.60 x 100 = £160.00 plus if each trip took you 15 minutes (Which is pritty quick) you'd spend over a day of your life, going to the DIY Store, driving your car, picking up your bulb and replacing your bulb.

Not to mention the inconvienience of a blown bulb in the middle of the night, especially if used in an outside light fitting to guide yourself coming into your back garden etc.

So I think you'l agree (My little rant) that at this point (before you consider the energy consumption) the little 'waste of energy and time bulb' has already cost you considerably more than the original 25 pence you spent.

Now lets consider the energy saving, being less than 5w, against say the 50w product, this is a 90% saving on energy. And given you have it on for X hours a day...mmm, I'm not even going to give you a figure, but the total energy cost saving over the 50,000 hours is going to be over £500 per bulb!

Yes AMAZING, if you want to know more call: 0800 043 5532, email: sales@theinternetelectricalstore.com

Also now lets talk about the Heating issue....

Where do I start! It is all about the type of energy and appliances you use to do things, some things are A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN OTHERS. so in the is case, USING A LIGHT BULB TO HEAT YOUR HOUSE is ridiculous! I have heard a few things, but this is one of the funniest.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed reading what is meant to be a light heated blog, basically saying that LED's will have you money, be more efficient and will be the future of all lighting as we know it.

Ben Sunderland, BA (Hons), ACA - 18.09.2010 - 7.19am

Kanlux Outdoor LED Light fittings

It is summer time and we are fortunate enough to have had a great deal of good sunny weather. Now is the best time to make the most of your back gardens, decking and patio areas. Why not adjust your outdoor lighting to make the most of the warm evenings and create an excellent outdoor ambient lighting effect, with pricing of outdoor units from just £10, I think you'll agree it doesn't have to cost a fortune, some pictures below to wet your apetite:



www.theinternetelectricalstore.com

Thanks for looking, over 1,000 Kanlux products will be online during July & August 2010:

Kanlux started selling products in 1989 and now are one of the biggest and longest acting polish company of the lighting sector. With over 1200 items available which we can deliver all over the world.

Outdoor lighting

From floor light to LED garden post to in built wall or floor lighting

Want to keep the bugs away this summer we have a Insecticide Lamp so you can enjoy time in the garden without the hassle of bees.

Light up the garden path with the wide range of post lighting with matching wall lights.

Can't see down the garden steps at night? With the in -built brick and floor lighting it will light up your way. In all different shapes,style and sizes you will be able to find something to suit.

We have a floor lights with movement sensor and with the new range that include the LED version which will save you money.

Kanlux Outdoor Lighting

Messe Frankfurt Intro Blog 2010

Hi All, An amazing show at Frankfurt Messe 2010, some info below to wet your apetite ahead of a full blog later this week, please click on the image for a full size version:

light+building  - 03 / 2010

The world’s leading trade fair for Architecture and Technology

11.-16.4.2010, Frankfurt am Main
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A sensational result, an incredible atmosphere in all exhibition halls
and a level of business dynamism that will be maintained long after the
end of Light+Building 2010. Before the close of business on the Friday,
the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology had
already counted over 180,000 visitors. Under the motto of energy
efficiency, 2,177 manufacturers from all over the world presented their
latest products and trends for the fields of lighting, electrical
engineering and house and building automation. On this extremely
positive note, we bid you farewell and look forward to informing you
about the most important aspects of the next Light+Building from 15 to
20 April 2012 in the near future.

Light+Building Team of Messe Frankfurt

We are proud to say that we visited and discussed lots of opportunities with many people.

Ben Sunderland
www.theinternetswitchstore.co.uk
www.theinternetelectricalstore.com

The Internet Retailer eyes up new premises

Thanks for all the team working at our current location in Ashurst Wood for the last 5 years, time is now upon us to upsize and continue the excellent growth to date.

Attached below are some images of our proposed new location in Forest Row, East Sussex, we will keep you posted on developments in due course.

The site will be able to allow us to improve the customer level of service with a growing workforce and growing product range.

Ben Sunderland
www.theinternetswitchstore.co.uk
www.theinternetelectricalstore.com

Rechargeable Batteries, Uniross, GP, AA and AAA 600 mAh to 2700 mAh

Pro's and Con's of Single Use Batteries VS Rechargeable Batteries



Rechargeable Batteries have been around since the 1960's and have improved considerable since the early days, to an extent now that we would argue, there really is not a need for the cheap disposable alkaline batteries. Rechargeables potentially save lots of money. The newer rechargeable batteries can be used to power portable devises for a longer time than alkaline batteries.

Single use alkaline batteries one advantage in that you can buy super cheap ones from 25p. The historic advantage such as they are ready to use straight from the packet is now not important as Uniross and GP now have rechargeable batteries that come pre-charged and can also be used straight from the packet, then recharged once drained.

4 x Uniross AA Multi Usage + Rechargeable Batteries

They are only SINGLE use which leaves you with the end result of throwing batteries in the bin and it all taken to landfill and with the number of charges from a standard rechargeable battery, the number of batteries to landfill can be between 500 and 1,000 per rechargeable battery! (Varying use / conditions / mAh powering / Brand will have fluctuations on number of re-charges).

Low discharge rechargeable batteries also have some advantages being the usual standard of 1000+ recharges which if you do the math, 1 Single use battery will cost approximately £0.25P each x 1000 = £250 x2 (as most appliances use a minimum of 2) cost compared to a rechargeable battery at approximately £1.50 each at 1p per recharge will have a cost of £1.50 + £10 (1,000 re-charges at 1p each = £10) = £11.50 x2(as most appliances use a minimum of 2) cost! (excluding a charger). Just using the above numbers as an example, lets assume that you have a digital camera you use for leisure and work, taking 50 shots a week with two AA batteries. In one year you would spend £25 on alkaline batteries, but only £4 on rechargeables (Even add in the cost of a charger (cheapest around £6), you still make a saving of around £15 in one year from one simple device and application.




VARILIGHT REMOTE CONTROL PACK INC 2 GP RECYKO BATTERIES

As well as the lower cost to you, a positive to the environment is acheived as less waste is produced, take the above example, one use, one year and you would have saved 50 batteries going into land fill.



GP Rechargeable AA Batteries 2700mAh Pack of 4 units

The master example: Here I am going to summarise a larger example, all based upon approximations, just on a larger scale to give you more of an idea of the bigger impact:

Family Household, 3 bedrooms, 2 adults, 2 children.
Appliances expected using either AA or AAA batteries, example based upon use within 1 year.

Low drain - expected 4 x re-charge in 1 year: 4 televisions controllers = 8 batteries / sky controller = 2 batteries / home automation controller = 2 batteries / 4 clocks = 8 batteries /

Medium Drain - expected 12 x recharge in 1 year (once per month) - wireless keyboard and mouse x2, 8 batteries / Fire alarm x2, 2 batteries /

High Drain - expected 52 recharge in year (once per week) - digital camera x 2, 4 batteries / Toys 8 batteries in total

Total rec-charges required in 1 year = 824, cost of re-charging = £8.24, 42 batteries at a cost of £1.50 each = £63 + decent charger approx £12 = £75 + £8.24, total cost of £83.24

Compared against alkaline battery cost of 624 batteries at a cost of approx 25p each = £156

Total saving = £72.76 (Year 1 due to cost of buying batteries), saving year 2 just for charing = £147.76

I hope that gives you a good summary, that rechargeable batteries are important, they can save you money and also think about this, the above example would be 624 alkaline batteries in landfill, that if you used rechargeable batteries would not have been there, a massive plus for the enviroment, next time you make that 'cheap' alkaline purchase think to yourself and consider the above.

Thanks for reading, obviously we sell a full range of rechargeable batteries and even include some rechargeables in packages with our remote control handsets. Any comments would be appreciated, email me through ebay or call our store:

0800 043 5532

Ben Sunderland, BA(Hons), ACA - Sat 13th Feb 2010



Full Battery section can be found on The Internet Electrical Store

Varilight Energy Saving Dimmable CFL light bulb 100w

Welcome to the page that will hopefully tell you all you need to know about the Varilight Energy Saving Dimmable CFL Light bulbs, rated at 20w but have an equivalent light power output of 100w

The Varilight Dimmable Energy Saving Compact Fluorescent Lamp has won the 100% diesgn awards in September 2007 and has featured in a Greenpeace demonstration highlighting energy saving lighting.



During the lifetime of these bulbs approximately 16,000 hours, grade A, far beating the competition, you can expect to save over £100 on energy bills and reduce CO2 commisions by half a tonne.

This technology allows you to dim an energy saving light bulb using your dimmer switch. Best of all this product will work perfectly with the remote control Varilight dimmers.

Thus in dimming these products you can create the perfect ambience and be energy saving at the same time, particularly important when we are all trying to reduce our carbon footprint at the moment.



For use with standard dimmer switches with a power output starting at 20w (Minimum load) - phase cut, leading and training edge technology

The Main Features can be summarised as follows:

• Dimming range 2% to 100%
  
• Full dimming and constant brightness, regardless of voltage fluctuations
• Excellent power factoring
• Digital flicker - free regulation of brightness
• Plug & Play - swap your standard bulb to this new energy saving dimmable light bulb
• Produces 1300 lumens
• Excellent power factor correction of 0.95 compared to 0.60 for other CFL's, thus allowing for more efficient energy distribution and as discussed reduced energy costs.

The Minimum load requirements are simple, the bulb is rated to 20w and thus your minimum load must be met. Example if you had a minimum load of 60w you should use 3 of these bulbs on that circuit, ie 3x20w = 60w

Please note these energy saving bulbs work perfectly with all the remote control light switch as featured in my ebay store.


However, there is also an upside to these bulbs, for example if you wanted to use them with the Varilight 1 gang remote dimmer which is rated to 400w, you could use 10 of these bulbs on one circuit (ie half the power, being 20w x 10 = 200w), but as they are 20w equivalent to 100w, this would effectively produce 10 x 100w of power = 1000w off one light circuit, which would be bright enough to light up a church on a dim day from one light switch alone!

Also note, coming soon: Fully dimmable ballasts for Linear Flurescent Lampts (LFLs) again Varilight are going to set the standard, big companies should take note.

Reduce your carbon footprint today, save the environment and have ambiant lighting around your home or work place.



5 Bulbs, from left to right:
1. Standard incandescent light bulb, slightly modified at the top. 2.Megaman energy saving dimmable LED GU10 bulb. 3. Standard incandescent light bulb. 4. Standard energy saving dimmable light bulb. 5.Varilight Energy Saving dimmable light bulb



Comparison of Standard incandescent bulb to Varilight Energy Saving Dimmable light bulb:
The Varilight Energy Saving dimmable light bulb is approx only 2cms longer than the standard light bulb and so will more often than not fit easily into most lighting scenarios that use to use a standard bulb.
Approx Max sizes:
1. Standard light bulb: 6cms wide, 10cms tall
2. Varilight Energy Saving dimmable light bulb: 6cms wide, 10 cms tall

*** A Further note to be updated soon is that we are now selling the LED Wise GU10 and MR16 LED Bulbs, which have just gone into John Lewis, these are expensive, but terrific at only 3 watts, the energy saving is out of this world, more to follow soon, or call 0800 043 5532 ***







All products available here:

Dimmable Energy saving Light Bulbs