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LED Lights Benefits And Drawbacks

LED lights is not a new technology; as a matter of fact, it is around us since the 1960's. LED light bulbs were at first used as a substitute for incandescent indicators and displays in laboratory equipment and later in TV's, wrist watches, radios and hand calculators. LED prices have just recently has dropped enough to make them viable for non commercial and commercial markets. LED Lights can have anything from outdoor to Christmas lights. With the present 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.

Huge benefits of using LED lighting

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 11 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. A number of businesses find the lifespan of 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 true cost of the bulb should include the labor charge and time required to exchange them. LED lights virtually eliminate lighting maintenance costs.

The second large advantage and key strength of using LED lighting above conventional lighting is the reduced 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 used into actual light energy, which means that a staggering eighty% of electrical energy is lost as heat energy. When you compare the 80% efficiency of LED lights with the twenty% efficiency of incandescent lights, the optimal choice of light bulb is quite noticeable.

Major drawbacks of using LED lighting

The primary limitation is the current high price of LED light bulbs. Even though the price of LED lights in South Africa is slowly reducing, replacing a 100W incandescent light bulb with a LED substitute can cost about 5000 rupees. The starting cost may look daunting, but LED light bulbs pay for themselves over time because they can work for up to eleven yrs, and saves a lot of money in terms of electricity used. For businesses, using LED lights makes a whole lot of sense because the reduced maintenance costs a lot more than make up for the high starting price.

Major businesses are doing it

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