LED lighting is the
next generation technology in lightings which features numerous benefits to not
only consumers for residential application but also for commercial buildings,
with LED Down lighting products and LED Tubes which can replace out-dated,
buzzing fluorescent lighting. LED lighting offers such benefits as higher energy efficiency than CFLs and
fluorescents, lower power consumption,
lower maintenance costs, longer lifetime (50,000 hours compared to less than 10,000), higher
durability and brighter light output than conventional fluorescent
lighting. LED lighting is slowly filling the Home and Business lighting market
place with such innovative products as LED T5 and LED T8 Tubes, Flexible LED
lights, and LED down lights.
In addition, the light
quality of LED down lighting is much better than that of fluorescent lighting.
Fluorescent lighting is always flickering when start up, while LED lighting is
quick to start up without any flickering. We all know and have seen or live
with flickering fluorescent tubes on a daily basis. They've actually been
proven to cause headaches, due to the micro-pulse wavelength they emit. Using LEDs can
reduce workplace strain, headaches, and increase efficiency, with workers at
top performance, minus the migraines from CFLs! When on for hours a day,
for a long period of time, fluorescent lighting may have some hot spots due to
heat it generates, which does not happen to LED lighting. These hotspots cause
the rest of the light to become dimmer, and quickly results in a dead CFL tube,
a perfect reason to switch to LED T8 Tubes or T5 tubes, depending on the socket
size. Fluorescent lighting / CFL pigtails can cause eyestrain, but LED lighting
does not as a result of its uniform and unparalleled balanced light output, and
does not flicker or emit a low pitched humming like the earlier fluorescent
technology.
In contrast, LED
lighting is solid state lighting which does not contain any filaments that
could break (like incandescent) or hazardous materials like CFLs. Someone may
say that the upfront costs of LED lighting is too high, due to the technology
used to achieve such a high lumens per watt (efficacy) rating, which is true. However, think
about the long term energy savings, and savings you will get from not needing
to replace the lights, for up to 5 or 10 times as long, depending if the light
replaced was incandescent or fluorescent. Either way, the more halogen,
incandescent, or fluorescent lights you replace with LEDs, the more money you
will save every month. Over the full life of the LED fixture / tube or
bulb, the money saved by using LED lighting will be enormous because when
factoring in the true price of lighting, we must include all 3 variables:
Capital costs, energy costs, and replacement cost. The benefits of LED lighting
are endless. LED lights are energy efficient, cost effective, durable and more.
They are the latest technology in lighting and offer a great alternative in
replacing your current halogen or standard lights.
