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In the past couple of years,
LED Lighting has really started to take off as a viable option for many domestic applications. While there have always been specialist and novelty uses such as decorative Christmas lights and mood lighting, more recently the shift to LED has been driven by two key factors: the relentless increase in the price of electricity and the similarly relentless improvements in LED technology.
As noted on many previous occasions round these parts, LED technology mirrors computer technology in that both are based on the properties of semiconductors and both obey "laws" that describe the nature of their ...
... the past couple of years,
LED Lighting has really started to take off as a viable option for many domestic applications. While there have always been specialist and novelty uses such as decorative Christmas lights and mood lighting, more recently the shift to LED has been driven by two key factors: the relentless increase in the price of electricity and the similarly relentless improvements in LED technology.
As noted on many previous occasions round these parts, LED technology mirrors computer technology in that both are based on the properties of ...
For anyone who has halogen down lights providing their ambient lighting then switching to LED has hugely beneficial financial implications. If you want to dig around in the detail then pick an
led lighting savings calculator and figure out the implications for your own personal situation. But in broad terms, you can easily replace a typical 50 watt halogen lamp with something like this Edison GU10 LED that consumes a ...
... main driving forces of late has been low energy energy lighting and in particular LED light bulbs and even more specifically LED spot lights.
For anyone who has halogen down lights providing their ambient lighting then switching to LED has hugely beneficial financial implications. If you want to dig around in the detail then pick an
LED Lighting savings calculator and figure out the implications for your own personal situation. But in broad terms, you can easily replace a typical 50 watt halogen lamp with something like this Edison GU10 LED that consumes a mere 6 watts by comparison.
Put in simple terms, the running cost is 12% that of a ...
In the absence of the original though you can sometimes deduce the required amperes if the total wattage of the lights is known (just divide watts by 12).
Where regular domestic 12v
led lighting is concerned though, then even if you do know the total load you should still really invest in a low-load constant voltage transformer (often sold as an "LED driver") to be on the safe side. Most standard 12v ...
... unless the correct (presumably now missing or dead) transformer is a close match on the rating specified for the current (amps). In the absence of the original though you can sometimes deduce the required amperes if the total wattage of the lights is known (just divide watts by 12).
Where regular domestic 12v
LED Lighting is concerned though, then even if you do know the total load you should still really invest in a low-load constant voltage transformer (often sold as an "LED driver") to be on ...
So you're interested in using
LED Lighting in your own home, maybe because you're interested in introducing some new lighting effects to lift the appearance or because you want to save money on your electricity bill, or perhaps a bit of both.
But if you're like most people then your first problem is in figuring out where and how to start. Both bricks and mortar and online retailers of LED bulbs seem pathologically intent on confusing the bejesus out of their would be customers with a mix that's heavy on hype and jargon and light on straightforward basic information.
So you set off to find a nice new super energy efficient LED light bulb to ...
... you're interested in using
LED Lighting in your own home, maybe because you're interested in introducing some new lighting effects to lift the appearance or because you want to save money on your electricity bill, or perhaps a bit of both.
But if you're like most people then your first problem is in figuring out where and how to start. Both bricks and mortar and online retailers of LED bulbs seem pathologically intent on confusing the bejesus out of their would be customers with a mix that's heavy on hype and jargon and light on straightforward basic information.
So you set off to find a nice new super energy efficient LED light bulb to ...
Now while too much of this can be unwelcome, especially when trying to create a relaxing evening space, it is once again very useful as a complement to more traditional warmer colors and helps inject additional interest into the lighting scheme. That said, using
led lighting in your home has it's own foibles and quirks to contend with (click that last link to find out more).
Last updated: September 2011 by
... in large commercial environments) but can introduce light whose quality is more akin to natural daylight.
Now while too much of this can be unwelcome, especially when trying to create a relaxing evening space, it is once again very useful as a complement to more traditional warmer colors and helps inject additional interest into the lighting scheme. That said, using
LED Lighting in your home has it's own foibles and quirks to contend with (click that last link to find out more).
Last updated: September 2011 by
