Hello World!
January 18th, 2009
Hello everyone! As you might have already read in our “About Us” section, we are LED Distributors. Although our company sells LED lighting products the purpose of this blog is mainly for information. This blog will focus on what LEDs are? How long they last? Pros and Cons? and other relevent information. We invite anyone who has questions or comments about LEDs to join our blog so that everyone can get a little piece of the pie. Thank you and hope to see you in our blog soon.
Daniel and Robert
DID YOU KNOW?
LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. A diode is an electronic component. Diodes only allow current to flow through them in one direction.
If you add current to an LED and it doesn’t light up, then you have the current flowing in the wrong direction. If you switch your connections you will now have the current flowing in the correct direction. Your LED will light up.
The first LED was discovered in 1907, but the first LED with practical use was developed in 1962. Mr. Holonyak is credited with the discovery of modern day LEDs. He was working for GE at the time.
I was recently showing some friends one of the LED Light Bulb s that I have in my home. While we where discussing the great features of the bulbs, I accidentally dropped the bulb on the carpet. I wasn’t worried because I knew that the bulb would work just like before. I then proceeded to tell them about how durable LED Light bulbs are. I screwed the bulb back into the socket, flipped the switch and It lit up just fine. Try doing that with a standard incandescent bulb.
Ever wonder what makes LEDs come in different colors? Colored LEDs contain a phosphorus that changes the color of light the LED emits. For example, a white LED is a mixture of blue light and a phosphur that re-emits as yellow light. The combination of the blue and yellow mix together to create a white LED. So if you think you are looking at a white LED keep in mind that it is a mixture of blue light and a phosphur.
LED Bulbs and other bulbs come in variety of shapes. These shapes are given a letter to describe them. The letter (A) for example describes a standard bulb. Just like the ones that you might have in a lamp at home. The letter (F) is used to describe bulbs that have the shape of a flame. You might see these (F) bulbs in a chandelier. A (G) shape is a more rounded shape than the standard (A) bulb.
Undercabinet Information:
Flexible LED Strip is great for undercabinet lighting. They are very low profile. The height of the strip is only 1/16″. This is preferable to Flourescent tubes which have to be installed in a fixture that can have a thickness of 2″. I was recently in a home that had beautiful kitchen cabinets with a really nice finish, brand new modern faucets and granite counter tops. The only design flaw was that you could see the undercabinet fixtures. The cheap plastic was already yellowing and it clashed with the design of the kitchen.
FYI…
Did you know that LEDs last a lot longer than a regular incandescent and a compact florescent. The average life span for LEDs are about 50,000 hours. That’s almost 15+ years, try and beat that. They are also a lot safer than compact florescent because they don’t contain any mercury.
Presently LED panels can reach 90-100LM per watt. Usually a 40Watt panel light can replace three 4 foot tube lights, totalling 150Watts including ballasts. Commercial LED lights can save up to 70% of energy even compared to fluorescent tubes. Presently LEDs are already repacing fluorescent tubes. As time goes on, LEDs can be applied to bulbs to give out enough light for domestic use.
Jeff
Hi Daniel,
LED bulbs do not need to be very bright.
Presently Toyota has one bulb that is around 560 lumens and claims good replacement of 60 watt incandescent, however, LED bulbs still prove inefficient to replace CFLs. LED bulbs with isolated drive and LEDs are already in the market. That means drive replaceable if it fails. LED bulb also will be made bigger for bigger heat sink.
Jeff
Daniel, one RGB bulb can also give out white light.
If RGB bulb can form different shades of white, then present blue chips with yellow phosphorus LEDs may be phased out.
RGB bulbs are good mood lighting products.
Jeff
light bulbs are good for lighting the home but stay away from incandescent lamps because they generate so much heat -`”
These lights are very usefull to save money