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2012-03-28T16:11:37Z

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LED Light Bulbs Advantages And Drawbacks

LED lighting is not the latest technology; actually, it has been with us from the 1960's. LED light bulbs were originally used as an alternative for incandescent indicators and displays in lab tools and later in Televisions, wrist watches, radios and calculators. LED values have just most recently has lowered enough to make them viable for personal and industrial markets. LED Lights can have anything from outdoor to Christmas lighting. With the current looming energy crisis in South Africa, and pressure put on governments and businesses alike for more sustainable energy solutions, LED lights have a bright future in space lighting solutions.

Major benefits of using LED lights

First of all, LED lights are far more efficient than any other lighting alternative commercially accessible at the moment. LED bulbs have a 100000 hour lifespan, and will last for eleven years at continuous operation, or 22 years at fifty% operation. Compare this to the approximate lifespan of 5000 hrs for an incandescent light bulb and ten thousand hours for a fluorescent light. Many businesses find the lifespan of [http://www.agreensupply.com/LED-Light-Bulb-Types/ LED light bulbs] very interesting - imagine only have to alter the signage on a business property once every eleven years. With incandescent and fluorescent bulbs, the real cost of the bulb should include the labor expense and time required to exchange them. LED lights virtually eliminate lighting maintenance costs.

The second large benefit and key strength of using LED lighting over conventional lighting is the decreased power consumption. LED bulb is capable of converting 80% of the electrical energy used into light energy. The remaining 20% electrical energy is lost as heat energy. Incandescent light bulbs only convert 20% of the electrical energy utilized into actual light energy, which means that a staggering eighty% of electrical energy is lost as heat energy. If you compare the 80% efficiency of LED lights with the twenty% efficiency of incandescent lights, the optimal selection of light bulb is quite noticeable.

Major drawbacks of using LED lighting

The primary limitation is the present high price of LED light bulbs. Even though the cost of LED lights in South Africa is slowly reducing, replacing a 100W incandescent light bulb with a LED alternative can cost about 5000 Rs. The start up price may appear daunting, but LED light bulbs pay for themselves over time because they can last for up to eleven years, and saves a lot of money in terms of electricity used. For businesses, using [http://www.agreensupply.com/shop/ LED lights] makes a whole lot of sense because the reduced maintenance costs a lot more than make up for the steep starting price.

Major businesses are doing it

Various blue chip companies and hotels in United States and United Kingdom currently use LED lighting solutions. LED lights are used from stair-nose lighting, light line, wall wash lighting and signage illumination to colour-changing till numbers and controls, architectural lighting and freezer lighting. These businesses have identified LED as the preferred lighting solution for the coming future. With LED bulb start up costs falling, more companies will follow all these business leaders and discover a painless lighting solution that will last them a decade, and save them money.

NaraOlszewski133

2012-03-28T16:11:31Z