Green+ Why purchase LED Lighting?
Using LED (Light Emitting Diode) you'll save more than 90% of the energy you would typically use in regular light. Bright and colorful! LED lighting is unlike anything you have seen. The colors are brilliant and vibrant. The whites are dynamic as well and come in warm white and pure white. Plus, the LED's are virtually indestructible and last more than 100,000 hours. (Compare that to your regular incandescent bulbs that only last 2000-3000 hours, if you don't step on them or break them if they drop.) So a set of LED lights can be expected to outlive many incandescent sets, and without any maintenance. The following are some key points about LED lighting.
LEDs produce more light per watt than do incandescent bulbs; this is useful in battery powered or energy-saving devices.
LEDs can emit light of an intended color without the use of color filters that traditional lighting methods require. This is more efficient and can lower initial costs.
The solid package of an LED can be designed to focus its light. Incandescent and fluorescent sources often require an external reflector to collect light and direct it in a usable manner.
When used in applications where dimming is required, LEDs do not change their color tint as the current passing through them is lowered, unlike incandescent lamps, which turn yellow.
LEDs are ideal for use in applications that are subject to frequent on-off cycling, unlike fluorescent lamps that burn out more quickly when cycled frequently, or HID lamps that require a long time before restarting.
LEDs, being solid state components, are difficult to damage with external shock. Fluorescent and incandescent bulbs are easily broken if dropped on the ground.
LEDs have an extremely long life span. One manufacturer has calculated the ETTF (Estimated Time To Failure) for their LEDs to be between 100,000 and 1,000,000 hours. Fluorescent tubes typically are rated at about 30,000 hours, and incandescent light bulbs at 1,000-2,000 hours.
LEDs mostly fail by dimming over time, rather than the abrupt burn-out of incandescent bulbs.
LEDs are environmentally friendly; they do not contain mercury
