Friday, February 18, 2011

How can we reduse electicity consuption by using LED Lights ??


How can we reduce the power consumption by using led lights???

Initially we use filament or incandescent bulbs and halogen bulbs for lighting purpose in our homes, they are high energy consumption bulbs we can take an idea by this fact that incandescent bulbs which operate at about 20% efficiency means 80% of the electrical energy is lost as heat. The electricity consumption is a very huge problem in our daily life in general or in corporate area.

Now a days so many people are turning to low energy light bulbs to light their homes at minimum cost of electricity bills. When we think about energy efficient lighting, we often find the solution as CFL (Compect Fluorescent Lights).However Light Emitting Diodes or LED can save energy much greater than CFL. And LED lights are ten times longer lasting than CFL. The operational life of current white LED lamps is 100,000 hours. This is 11 years of continuous operation, or 22 years of 50% operation.

we can take an idea by the fact that LED circuit will approach 80% efficiency, which means 80% of the electrical energy is converted to light energy. The remaining 20% is lost as heat energy. Compare that with incandescent bulbs which operate at about 20% efficiency (80% of the electrical energy is lost as heat). So we can say that LED Light is more efficient to the CFL in both manner energy Consumption and lifetime.

Now comes to the technical points related to the LED Lights .There are two important points Wattage and Lumens

Wattage: Wattage refers to the amount of electricity that the light bulb uses. If It is high watt power means it will consumes lot of electricity. A 100 watt bulb will light your room more brightly than a 40 watt bulb in case of filament bulbs and halogen bulbs. But in case of LED lights are typically rated from 1 watt to 5 watts, which is in stark contrast from the levels of power you may be used to.

Lumens: Lumens are the amount of light produced by a bulb. The greater the lumens, the greater will be its brightness. LED Lights generate a high level of brightness, or lumens, for very little power, or wattage.

But the one thing should be in your mind that Led Lights are focused light means focus a cone of light at a specific area, so before using the LED Light it will be important to know how it will be used and where it will be installed.

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