Updating a Home's Lighting Design with LED Bulbs
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There are a number of different items on the market that you can use to light your house, both inside and out. As energy efficiency is becoming more prevalent in the minds of home owners and home lighting design is becoming more popular, it is no wonder that many people are turning toward LED lights.
The most common kind of bulb is a regular incandescent light bulb. Basically, this bulb is filled with a gas and then a filament is stretched across the inside. When electricity is run across the filament, it heats up to super hot temperatures. The glow you see is actually a result of the filament heating up to white hot. These bulbs are not very efficient in that the main purpose of the bulb is to produce light. The heat is simply wasted energy. The filaments in these bulbs are also incredibly fragile. They are usually hair thin and can break easily. They weaken over time as the heat separates atoms from the whole and causes thin spots in the filament. Eventually these thin spots will break and you will need to replace the bulb.
There are a few other alternatives to incandescent, but the next most popular lighting, especially for outdoors, is the halogen bulb. In a halogen bulb the envelope that holds the filament is a lot smaller, made of quartz and is filled with a halogen gas. These bulbs can burn a bit brighter and will last for longer periods of time. These bulbs are still inefficient, however, and create even greater amounts of heat than incandescent bulbs, presenting a real burn hazard. A twelve volt MR16 halogen light is the most popular bulb used in accentuating and highlighting items inside and outside your home, and it has worked great for some time - halogen lighting is the kind of lighting used in most theatres, television and movie studios.
The LED light bulb can do everything that incandescent and halogen lights can do but with more efficiency. In an LED bulb, there is no filament and very little heat. The light source is a diode that emits light when electricity is applied. It works on an entirely different set of principles than the older light styles. You have probably already been living with this kind of light for some time. The little light bulb that comes on when you turn on your coffee pot, or any number of other electric devices, is most likely an LED bulb. This mechanism for creating LED light allows for much lower energy use, brighter light, and longer lasting bulbs.
The LED lenser Lefector bulb is the most common home light bulb available. These lights can replace up to a twenty watt halogen bulb, and they will last for an incredible amount of time. An LED lenser can burn continuously for more than 50,000 hours. That is more than five years of continuous use and over thirty years if the bulbs burn an average of four hours a day. The LED is over ninety percent more efficient than a halogen bulb and can be operated for pennies a year. Not only will these LED lights change, update and improve you lighting design, they are a great option for those families who are looking to be more environmentally conscious and ‘live green’.
The LED replacement bulbs are completely weather resistant and can actually stay intact through a lot of abuse. They are perfect for outdoor accent lighting and come in a variety of colors. They burn very bright and can give you any shape of light you need, from a spotlight to a flood light. There are even LED fixtures available that can be adjusted between flood light and spotlight. These bulbs are great inside the house, too. Most traditional track lighting fixtures can support LED bulbs. You can use these bulbs in the bedroom, the kitchen, the living room, and game room.
So update your lighting fixtures with something that works better with your home, lifestyle and budget. The cost upfront will definitely pay off in the long run.
~Ben Anton, 2008
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