LED Lighting is Exciting Lighting!
You know what? You are surrounded by LEDs whether you realise it; it is LEDs that enable you to change channels on the television from the comfort of your armchair, LEDs power the digital read out on your microwave, your oven, and your digital alarm clock and, if you are in the know, you will also be using LED lighting to illuminate your home.
LED stands for light emitting diode; as the name suggests, the bit that emits the light is the diode. The way a diode works is based on the attraction of opposites; a negative material is separated by a junction from a positive material.
The negative material steals electrons from the positive material when power is applied to the junction and, lo, there was light! By varying the materials used, the colour of the emitted light can be manipulated.
Now the basic science is out of the way, what you really need to know are the advantages of LED lighting, and here they are:
LEDs do not need filters to produce coloured light.
LED light is directional, going exactly where you want it to and no further.
LED is economical in use; you won’t be paying for a space heater (incandescent bulbs emit 90% of their energy as heat), you will just be paying for lighting.
Once you have installed an LED you will pay 90% less in running costs in that particular light.
If you replace all your lights with LEDs, the savings can be substantial.
LED light bulbs are like old soldiers; they don’t die, they just fade away.
LED lights live for up to 100,000 hours, so with normal use they only need replacing every eleven years or so..
LED lights are the only artificial light source that doesn’t contain mercury.
With their cool running, long life, colour possibilities, and economy of use, LED garden lighting is the sensible choice.
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