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		<title>The Only Downlight Cover &amp; Lamp Retrofit.</title>
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Demand a downlight cover to FIX Safety issues and save on Heating, Cooling and Lighting costs every year!

 

An Aussie home with 40 downlights, installed with Halogen Mitt&#8217;s, could save you up to 1848kW/h of energy a year, via Heating and Cooling alone!  Click here for the Report


Featured at the Going Green Expo!

Downlight Cover Features <a href='http://efficiencymatrix.com/video-presentation-on-how-efficiency-matrix-fixes-downlights/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://efficiencymatrix.com/halogen-mitt/" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-848 alignleft" title="Halogen Mitt Picture" src="http://efficiencymatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/IMG_0097-150x150.jpg" alt="Installed Halogen Mitt" width="108" height="108" /></a></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1468" title="Mitt exposed to fire for 20 Minutes" src="http://efficiencymatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fire-burned-300x206.jpg" alt="" width="153" height="106" /></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Demand a downlight cover to FIX Safety issues and save on Heating, Cooling and Lighting costs every year!</h3>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"> </span></h3>
<blockquote><p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-211   alignright" title="Install Downlight from Below" src="http://efficiencymatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/installdownlight-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="77" height="77" /></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #339966;">An Aussie home with 40 downlights, installed with Halogen Mitt&#8217;s, could save you up to<span style="color: #ff0000;"> 1848kW/h </span>of energy a year,<span style="color: #339966;"> via Heating and Cooling alone!  <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Documentation for Energy Efficiency of the Halogen Mitt." href="/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/30B-10-0033-TRP-453519-0-Calculation-of-System-R-Value-and-Energy-Loss.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the Report<br />
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<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #99cc00;"><a title="Going Green Expo" href="http://www.goinggreenexpo.com.au/" target="_blank">Featured at the Going Green Expo!</a></span></span></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><strong><a href="/35w-halogen-lamp/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1761" title="Light out the back of a Halogen Lamp 50w compared to a 35w" src="http://efficiencymatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Lightbacklamp.jpg" alt="comparison of light output out the back of Halogen Lamps, 35w vs 50w, 50w vs 35w" width="296" height="196" /></a></strong></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Downlight Cover Features include:</strong></h4>
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<li>Installable without an Electricians Licence.</li>
<li>Includes Transformer Holder.</li>
<li><a title="How to install these downlight covers." href="/media-demonstrations/" target="_self">Downlight covers can be Installed from beneath or above the ceiling</a>.</li>
<li>Our <span style="color: #ff0000;">35W SilverBack</span> lamp provides equal brightness to a 50W Dichroic Halogen Lamp, but radiates most of its heat downwards and wastes no light upwards.</li>
<li>Our <span style="color: #ff0000;">20W SilverBack</span> globe can effectively compete  against Compact Fluoro Downlights by producing <a title="Globe output tests in a Downlight configuration" href="/downlight-lamp-output-tests/" target="_self">brighter light output than most CFL globes, while consuming only 20W of energy</a>.  With the Downlight Mitt this retrofit effectively fixes the major problems associated with recessed lighting by enabling a downlight cover with an R-value and fire Rating which completely covers the back of the fitting to protect against insulation fire.</li>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3366ff;">For an idea on how our product differs from others, enjoy our mini presentation.</span></h5>
<div id="attachment_731" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 658px"><img class="size-full wp-image-731" title="How Efficiency Matrix Fix's Downlights" src="http://efficiencymatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Lamp61.gif" alt="How Efficiency Matrix Fix's Downlights" width="648" height="486" /><p class="wp-caption-text">How Efficiency Matrix Fix&#39;s Downlights</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The 35W Efficiency Matrix Energy saver downlight produces superior spread of light with much less heat radiating and zero light output from the back of the Lamp.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Lux output readings were completed by <strong>EcoMad</strong>. <a title="Raw Data" href="http://efficiencymatrix.com/downlight-lamp-output-tests/" target="_blank">Raw data available</a></p>
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		<title>The Downlight Swiss Cheese Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Inefficiencies of Downlights
Here is a brief explanation on how downlights make your ceiling into  Swiss CHEESE, while also exposing your insulation to risk of fire.

CHEESE
Convection Currents
When your lights are turned on, heat from your halogen lamp encourages air from your living area to shoot up into your roof area.
 Heated Air pressure
During cold <a href='http://efficiencymatrix.com/the-downlight-swiss-cheese-effect/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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<p>Here is a brief explanation on how downlights make your ceiling into  Swiss <strong>CHEESE</strong>, while also exposing your insulation to risk of fire.</p>
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<h1><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>CHEESE</strong></span><img class="alignright" title="The Downlight swiss Cheese effect" src="http://efficiencymatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bg_swisscheese_310.jpg" alt="Swiss Cheese Picture" width="186" height="186" /></h1>
<h3>Convection Currents</h3>
<p>When your lights are turned on, heat from your halogen lamp encourages air from your living area to shoot up into your roof area.</p>
<h3><strong> Heated Air pressure</strong></h3>
<p>During cold days, opening around your downlights and gaps in your insulation enable hot air to freely pass into your roof space from your living area.  Hot air wants to go up.</p>
<h3><strong> Expansion of Heated Air</strong></h3>
<p>During hot days, the sun creates extremely hot air in your roof area(70˚+ C), this air expands and pushes down into your living area through ventilated downlight fittings.  This effect is especially undesirable when you have LED recessed light fittings installed.  LED lamps can be damaged by operating in temperatures of 70˚ Celcius.</p>
<h3><strong>Excessive Air Drop</strong></h3>
<p>During cold nights, downlight fittings enable cold air to freely drop into your house avoiding the R-value from insulation completely.  Our house gets cooler quicker, with ventilated downlight fittings.</p>
<h3><strong> Spread of Draughts</strong></h3>
<p>During windy days, your roof can become quite windy, these draughts freely move into your living area with ventilated downlight fittings.</p>
<h3><strong>Exposure to Fire damage</strong></h3>
<p>Anything can get stuck in recessed lighting, to ignite into a flame, should insulation or debris get too close to a standard halogen dichroic Lamp(300˚ + Celcius).</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em>The root cause of these inefficiencies  is the way standard dichroic lamps operate. </em></p>
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<li><em>They produce light downwards    and </em></li>
<li><em>they try to force the majority    of their heat and a good portion of the light backwards up into the roof.</em></li>
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<p><strong>“So effectively they create connectivity  of your living area to your roof area.”</strong></p></blockquote>
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