Light Emitting Diodes for Household Illumination: Energy Products Articles: Eco20/20

Light Emitting Diodes for Household Illumination

LED technology is cropping up everywhere energy saving has become a focus; and for any household lighting challenge, this industry has the solutions. There are many types of LED bulbs on the market to replace both conventional incandescent and fluorescent household bulbs. Although the initial cost of LED bulbs is high, there are some important reasons for homeowners to choose LED bulbs.

LED lights are top-line in energy savings

* LED lights consume much less power than incandescent bulbs. Where an incandescent light would consume 100 Watts, an LED light would consume only 13 Watts. Switching to LED Light bulbs could save a home over 80% of the energy that would have been used by incandescent bulbs.

LED lights have a longer lifespan and are safer to handle

* The lights are unbreakable and, depending on the application, an LED light has a lifespan of anywhere from thirty-thousand to eighty-thousand hours. That's up to 20 years in normal operation and considerably more years of continuous operation than an incandescent could offer, with no light degradation. An incandescent bulb will only last for about a thousand hours and fluorescent bulbs will last for maybe ten to twenty thousand hours.

LED lights are cool to the touch

* LED lights don't generate the heat of an incandescent bulb. They don't put off the waste heat that increases the cost of air-conditioning when the price of electricity is at its peak. But stopping children from burning themselves and preventing the sort of fire that can be ignited by an unattended heat source are the biggest reasons many people use them on Christmas trees or for other home-decorating purposes. Fewer worries is always a big plus for any homeowner or parent

LED lights are good for plants

* LED grow lights are used for growing indoor plants, and for aquariums. An LED grow light can help a plant absorb chlorophyll. The lights support the growth and development of plants, including food-algae in commercial and self-sustainable home aquariums. LED lights can easily be mounted anywhere anything is being encouraged to grow. Plants will even use less water and fertilizer under the non-radiant light of an LED fixture, as compared to a conventional grow light.

LED lights are fun

* LED's are a prime option for an uncountable selection of cool gadgets: book lights, map lights, road flares, wheel lights, ropes, strobes, mood lights, even light therapy. In fact, for anything that needs lighting, it's a pretty sure bet there's an LED that will do the job.

LED lights are economical to operate and environmentally friendly. For a wide range of products that lessen your carbon footprint, and help fight global warming, there's nothing about LED lights that's unlovable.