Let’s say that you have got a regular incandescent bulb in
your home – not an energy saving model. About eighty per cent of the energy
sent to that bulb will be lost as heat, while only twenty per cent of the
energy will be channelled into providing you with light. By contrast, if you
have a good LED light bulb instead, those proportions will effectively be
inversed. Only twenty per cent of the energy will be lost as heat, while eighty
per cent of the energy will be used to power the light itself.
This means that LED lights are much brighter than ‘normal’
lights, which is ideal when you are looking for the most efficient ways to
light your home. It also means you should need fewer bulbs to achieve the same
result than if you used regular light bulbs. LED light bulbs are also much more
efficient thanks to most of their energy being used for light rather than heat,
so they have good environmental benefits that are sure to be of interest to
anyone who cares about their carbon footprint. Also, since they waste less
energy as heat, LED bulbs are also cooler to the touch, which is an important
safety component (we’ve all accidentally touched a hot light bulb at some point
– at least you’re much less likely to get burned with an LED bulb!).
Another benefit of using LED light bulbs instead of regular
light bulbs is that they last a lot longer. If you have a regular incandescent
light bulb, it will probably be able to last for around 1000 hours but may well
blow out fairly quickly. Halogen bulbs can last for around 2000 hours and
compact fluorescent bulbs usually have a life of about 6000 hours. An LED light
bulb can last for up to 50,000 hours, which obviously means you will get a lot
more use out of it before the bulb burns out and it needs to be replaced.
LED light bulbs are also very durable thanks to their
compact design, so there is significantly less risk of them smashing or
otherwise becoming damaged as can happen with other types of bulb. They also
reach their full brightness much quicker than many other forms of lighting,
which makes them convenient, and their light is solid and therefore extremely
practical.
Overall, if you are looking for a lighting
solution that is kind to the environment, will last you for years to come and
provides an excellent standard of light, LED lighting is definitely an option
worth considering.