Facts about LED lighting:
What is LED Lighting?
- LED stands for “Light Emitting Diode”. An electrical current passes through a
microchip, which illuminates tiny light sources known as LEDs to produce light. - LED’s do not “burn out” but experience a reduction of brightness over time.
- The small size of LED’s allows for tremendous design innovation with unique
lighting usage opportunities. - Heat produced by LED’s use “heat sink” designs to dissipate heat into the
surrounding environment.
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What makes LED’s different from incandescent lighting?
- LED’s emit light in a specific direction, unlike CFL’s or incandescent lighting. This means LED’s are more efficient than other forms of lighting.
- LED’s can easily be designed to produce different colors of light, including amber, green, red and blue.
- Because of their efficiency and color capabilities, LED’s are widely used as signal lights and specialty applications such as computer power buttons.
- Incandescent bulbs are much less efficient because they use electricity to heat a filament until it becomes white hot, resulting in 90% of their energy is being released as heat.
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LED usage is growing steadily in the U.S. You should use LED lighting if you want to:
- Save money over time on your electricity bill.
- Install it and forget it. LED’s last a long, long time, up to 5 times longer than incandescent bulbs.
- LED bulbs are becoming more affordable. While still more expensive than incandescents, the price gap is closing quickly due to competition.
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