We have all heard that leds light emitting diodes will soon replace traditional incandescent light bulbs and the more recent cfls compact fluorescent lamps but until recently leds have been.
Replacing incandescent light bulbs with led.
When you see a label say 100 watt led equivalent that does not mean that the bulb actually uses 100 watts it means that it produces an amount of light equivalent to a 100 watt incandescent bulb.
The energy consumption to use a bulb like this would cost about 90 over the course of 10 years.
In this style led bulb clusters of leds are covered by a lens which spreads the light over a wider area like standard incandescent bulbs.
Similar to cfls the led lamp is hugely efficient but is not right for every application.
An led light bulb led light emitting diode uses 80 to 90 less energy than the average incandescent light bulb.
To get the benefits of led without replacing all your existing fixtures all you need to do is replace all your incandescent screw in lightbulbs with screw in led bulbs just make sure that you replace your incandescent bulb with a comparable led that will match the performance of the previous bulb.
They also tend to use less than one sixth as much energy as their incandescent or halogen counterparts and 2 3 times less than most cfls.
Keep in mind that quality led products will last 10 15 years.
An led light bulb can last for 20 years or 20 000 to 50 000 hours when used for 5 to 6 hours a day led light bulbs produce no heat as this is the perfect solution for summer time.
Usually the main concern is the upfront cost of an led.
The simple answer is yes as long as the led bulb uses less wattage than your fixture.
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For an led running over the course of 10 years the actual cost would be only 18 to operate.