Information about LED Lights:
If you had to guess how much long an LED light bulb would shed light on, say, your dining room that you are about to redo in fabulous style, what number of hours would you put forward? If you are thinking 50,000 hours, you are correct. (Though you weren’t were you?)
Say, if you were asked how much energy you could save if you were to replace a traditional matted bulb with a LED bulb? Would you say that making such a change would mean that you would use only 20% of the energy you were before? (Well, that was most astute of you.)
Whilst most of us are aware that LED lights are fast becoming the choice of large businesses and government – one local council in Somerset recently changed all of its streetlights to LED sources and predict that they will save about £200,000 pounds a year by doing so.
The LED down light
An LED down light or ceiling light could change the way you light every room in your home. The LED down light is directly into your ceiling; you create a hole in your ceiling an insert the light, connecting it to your mains voltage. You have probably seen such lights; they lie practically flush with the ceiling, bringing an easy elegance to a room.
An alluring feature of the LED down light is that it can be tilted so that it is focused specifically where you want it to be; if you have a home with dark corners, you will immediately see the appeal of this flexibility. The typical bulb used in an LED down light will last you about 50,000 hours.
The LED strip light
The LED strip light is finding its way into more kitchens, bathrooms and workspaces in the UK. Strip lights provide practical light precisely where you need it – over the kitchen sink, around a bathroom mirror or over a worktable in an out building or garage. These lights are easy to install – they can be cut to any length and simply need to be connected to a 12 V LED driver. You can buy a LED driver at any DIY or lighting shop; it is a simple electrical unit that controls how much power is fed to your LED light.
The LED strip light is often installed in a way that it cannot be seen but where its light certainly can be. Imagine a kitchen counter, for example, bathed in warm light but with no fixture visible; this effect can be created using an LED strip light.
The LED bulb instead of the halogen bulb
If you have halogen bulbs in your home, it is likely that you can replace them with LED bulbs, using the same fixtures. You may be wondering why you would do this, as you originally installed the halogen light fixtures to save on energy: an LED bulb will last about twenty-five times longer. (Yes, that is a staggering amount of time.)
If you have never seen an LED bulb, you should know that they look much the same as the bulbs that you are likely to be using in your home; they come in various shapes, like a candle shape, a bulb shape and a spot bulb. The LED bulb, for example, brings you light the instant you turn it on, can be used to replace your matted bulbs and will last for about 15 years.
Lighting up the garden
Most of us use some kind of lighting around our homes, whether to light up our garden paths or as part of a motion detection security system. LED flood lights bring a low cost alternative to lighting up the outdoors and the convenience of bulbs that live so long that they rarely have to be changed.
A low-end LED floodlight will cost you about £33.00 and should come with a guarantee of up to five years. You can choose different colors for a flood light and feel secure in the fact that it does not generate the heat that its traditional cousins so, reducing the risk of accidental fire.
To close
If you are thinking about switching over to LED bulbs, you should make a list of the kind of lights that you use now so that you can determine what LED options you have and how much they will cost you. You will find several online lighting shops that deliver within the UK and extensive LED products for sale at DIY, lighting and department shops.
You should know that the rather stark white light that early LED provided has been replaced with a warmer light; technological advances continue to change the way LED lighting looks, how it connects to existing grids and how much it costs.
Whether you want a flashlight that easily outshines its competitors, a solar camping light or fairly lights to make your Christmas tree look magical, LED manufacturers have a product for you to consider. The fabulous news is that as LED lights morph into a mainstream choice, prices are coming down and people all across the land are using less energy than they ever have before. Why not join them?
More Information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22106718
If you had to guess how much long an LED light bulb would shed light on, say, your dining room that you are about to redo in fabulous style, what number of hours would you put forward? If you are thinking 50,000 hours, you are correct. (Though you weren’t were you?)
Say, if you were asked how much energy you could save if you were to replace a traditional matted bulb with a LED bulb? Would you say that making such a change would mean that you would use only 20% of the energy you were before? (Well, that was most astute of you.)
Whilst most of us are aware that LED lights are fast becoming the choice of large businesses and government – one local council in Somerset recently changed all of its streetlights to LED sources and predict that they will save about £200,000 pounds a year by doing so.
The LED down light
An LED down light or ceiling light could change the way you light every room in your home. The LED down light is directly into your ceiling; you create a hole in your ceiling an insert the light, connecting it to your mains voltage. You have probably seen such lights; they lie practically flush with the ceiling, bringing an easy elegance to a room.
An alluring feature of the LED down light is that it can be tilted so that it is focused specifically where you want it to be; if you have a home with dark corners, you will immediately see the appeal of this flexibility. The typical bulb used in an LED down light will last you about 50,000 hours.
The LED strip light
The LED strip light is finding its way into more kitchens, bathrooms and workspaces in the UK. Strip lights provide practical light precisely where you need it – over the kitchen sink, around a bathroom mirror or over a worktable in an out building or garage. These lights are easy to install – they can be cut to any length and simply need to be connected to a 12 V LED driver. You can buy a LED driver at any DIY or lighting shop; it is a simple electrical unit that controls how much power is fed to your LED light.
The LED strip light is often installed in a way that it cannot be seen but where its light certainly can be. Imagine a kitchen counter, for example, bathed in warm light but with no fixture visible; this effect can be created using an LED strip light.
The LED bulb instead of the halogen bulb
If you have halogen bulbs in your home, it is likely that you can replace them with LED bulbs, using the same fixtures. You may be wondering why you would do this, as you originally installed the halogen light fixtures to save on energy: an LED bulb will last about twenty-five times longer. (Yes, that is a staggering amount of time.)
If you have never seen an LED bulb, you should know that they look much the same as the bulbs that you are likely to be using in your home; they come in various shapes, like a candle shape, a bulb shape and a spot bulb. The LED bulb, for example, brings you light the instant you turn it on, can be used to replace your matted bulbs and will last for about 15 years.
Lighting up the garden
Most of us use some kind of lighting around our homes, whether to light up our garden paths or as part of a motion detection security system. LED flood lights bring a low cost alternative to lighting up the outdoors and the convenience of bulbs that live so long that they rarely have to be changed.
A low-end LED floodlight will cost you about £33.00 and should come with a guarantee of up to five years. You can choose different colors for a flood light and feel secure in the fact that it does not generate the heat that its traditional cousins so, reducing the risk of accidental fire.
To close
If you are thinking about switching over to LED bulbs, you should make a list of the kind of lights that you use now so that you can determine what LED options you have and how much they will cost you. You will find several online lighting shops that deliver within the UK and extensive LED products for sale at DIY, lighting and department shops.
You should know that the rather stark white light that early LED provided has been replaced with a warmer light; technological advances continue to change the way LED lighting looks, how it connects to existing grids and how much it costs.
Whether you want a flashlight that easily outshines its competitors, a solar camping light or fairly lights to make your Christmas tree look magical, LED manufacturers have a product for you to consider. The fabulous news is that as LED lights morph into a mainstream choice, prices are coming down and people all across the land are using less energy than they ever have before. Why not join them?
More Information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22106718