What We Need To Know About LED Bulbs
You already have installed a new low flow toilet. You set your washing machine to cold water wash only. You only have one thing left to do: switch to low energy consumption LED bulbs to lower your electricity use and costs.
These types of bulbs produce light with the use of diodes, which are semiconductors. They tend to produce colored light, but more and more manufacturers are working to make it possible to blend the different color lights to produce a white light. These tough lights are hard to break, and last a long long time. A single thirteen watt LED light will produce 450 to 650 lumen (the equivalent of a 40W incandescent bulb) and last 35,000 to 50,000 hours in comparison to an incandescent bulb which only lasts up to 1000 hours.
An incandescent bulb, on the other hand, creates light in another manner. This form of lighting was developed in the eighteen hundreds by a number of esteemed scientists. However, Thomas Edison was able to combine a stronger vacuum, and a more effective material to produce the incandescent effect than his predecessors. Soon, the incandescent bulb was being mass produced and was soon on the market. Unfortunately, although there have been improvements made to the design and to improve longevity of this product, the incandescent bulb is still sucks back a lot of energy before actually producing light. Indeed, more than ninety eight percent of the energy that they consume is released as heat, and they only produce seventeen lumens per watt of energy consumed. That adds up to some major spending for you!
Fluorescent lights may last up to 20,000 hours, but they produce their ultraviolet light by passing electricity through a vapor of mercury gas. This gas, which is toxic, is released into the atmosphere when it is put in the garbage and sent to the landfill to break down. Again, this is not such a good option for energy efficient and healthy lighting.
Benefits of LED lighting are numerous. They produce instant light, and do not need to take time to “warm up” to produce light. They are great for places where people frequently turn lights off and on, such as a child’s bedroom.
In the home, these high tech lights can be very effective to provide lighting for almost all your needs. More and more manufacturers are finding ways to produce LED lights that can fit into incandescent light bulb fixtures, including the traditional Edison screw base as well as bipin or bayonet socket plug ins. They are doing this in order to encourage more personal energy efficiency and money savings.
Because these lights are quick to respond to energy being passed through them, they provide lots of possible applications. Already, you will find them in traffic lights and railway signs, and on your car’s signal lights. They are growing in popularity for use in stage lighting, and for lighting displays in museums and retail establishments. They provide bright, effective emergency lighting using a battery power.
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