10 fascinating facts about led lightbulbs
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Using LED lightbulbs can save you money and reduce your carbon footprint. Our company, Reel Caribbean Energy, LLC, founded the Save As You Pay - Pay As You Save™ program to help businesses within the Caribbean save money on their utility bills. For more information about the benefits of LED lighting, or to explore lighting for your business, visit http://www.reelcaribbeanenergy.comTRANSCRIPT
10 Fascinating Facts About LED Lightbulbs
Compared to traditional incandescent lightbulbs, compact fluorescents (CFLs) and LED lightbulbs use much less wattage for the same amount of light.
Fascinating LED Fact #1
An average 800-lumen LED bulb only uses 10 watts of power. The same 800-lumen CFL uses 13 watts.
Fascinating LED Fact #2
Unlike Compact Fluorescents, LED lightbulbs does not contain toxic chemicals like Mercury.
Fascinating LED Fact #3
LED bulbs come in different color temperatures, which equate to how yellow or blue the light looks.
Fascinating LED Fact #4
A single 100W incandescent bulb on four hours a day produces 138.89 lbs of carbon/year, and the average home has more than 40 light bulbs.
Fascinating LED Fact #5
Unlike most CFL bulbs, you can dim LED lightbulbs. (Most can be dimmed, and the ability to dim is noted on the packaging, but it's not always on the front or in large type. Look closely if this is an important feature for you.)
Fascinating LED Fact #6
Most traditional bulbs have a lifespan of approx 1200 hours. The average 800-lumen CFL runs approx 6,000 hours. The average 800-lumen LED has a lifespan of 22,000 hours!
Fascinating LED Fact #7
The estimated yearly cost of running an LED for three hours per day is $1.32. Over a 20-year life span, you’ll save more than $117 in electricity per bulb.
Fascinating LED Fact #8
There's actually no such thing as a "white" LED. Common LED colors are amber, red, green and blue.
To get white light the kind we use for lighting our homes and offices, different color LEDs are mixed or covered with a phosphor material that converts the color of the light.
Fascinating LED Fact #9
"LED" stands for light–emitting diodes.
LEDs are semiconductor devices that produce visible light when an electrical current is passed through them.
Fascinating LED Fact #10
LEDs are “directional” light sources which means they emit light in a specific direction, unlike incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs which emit light – and heat – in all directions.
Using LED lightbulbs can save you money and reduce your carbon footprint.
Our company, Reel Caribbean Energy, LLC, founded the Save As You Pay - Pay As You Save™ program to help businesses within the Caribbean save money on their utility bills.
For more information about the benefits of LED lighting, or to explore
lighting for your business, visit http://www.reelcaribbeanenergy.co
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