Why a LED light bulb?
Gone are the days when a LED light bulb resembled „corncob“ dotted with tens of LED diodes and the intensity of its light was barely enough for WC.
New generation of LED light bulbs is able to replace fully the classical light bulbs in all respects. LED lamps substituting for halogen or classical light bulbs of all outputs are commonly available. Many cities and municipalities are moving gradually to LED street lighting, the car manufacturers gradually equip their vehicles with LED headlamps and we could continue on and on. Everybody is aware of the advantages of this technology and soon LED diodes will replace all the other light sources.
The main advantages of the LED light bulbs:
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Very high efficiency, the highest among the commonly used light sources. Simply said, what we supply produces the most light.
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Extreme long life of up to 25 000 hours
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Excellent impact resistance
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Instant lighting up – in order of microseconds
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Large number of switching on and off – over 20000x
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Saving up to 90% of energy compared to classical light bulbs
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LED light bulbs do not contain mercury and other dangerous substances
What exactly is LED
LED is an abbreviation for “light emitting diode”, and therefore refers to a semiconductor, which emits (creates) light when electric current flows through it. It does not contain any glass parts that could break, or fibres that could burn or snap.
Is it worth it? And when will it pay off?
It is true that LED light bulbs cost more to buy than other light sources. Nevertheless, if you compare the actual cost (including maintenance), they far surpass the classical light bulbs and even efficient compact fluorescent lights. Not only because of their low energy consumption, but also because they have extremely long life. An ordinary light bulb will last about 1000 hours. A compact, fluorescent light will shine 8000 hours – that is much better, but the LED technology greatly outperforms them with more than 20 000 hours. Which, as you must agree, is a very long staying power.
LED light bulb has 90% lower consumption and lasts 20x longer – higher purchase price then should not be too significant.
When do we start saving money after we buy it? We will attempt to show you on a simple example. Let’s suppose that our ceiling lighting is a halogen 30 W spotlight for EUR 4 and that we plan to buy a light bulb of similar intensity LED 4 W for EUR 10.
When we will use the light about two hours a day then our initial cost will pay for itself in 15 months. Does it seem too long? However, you must not forget that in the same time we would already have a second or a third halogen bulb (who uses those bulbs, knows what we are talking about) so the return would be even faster. A LED light bulb should work next maybe 18 years without the necessity of replacement. And with overhead lighting with more spotlights, the annual savings are in the thousands!
LED light bulb uses EUR 0,6 annually worth of energy, a classical light bulb about EUR 5.
**when on for 2 hours a day
Nature and ecology
With LED light sources, we do not only save our money, but in the same time the environment and this much more than with other light sources. LED RETLUX light bulbs not only lower emissions by 90% compared to classic bulbs, but also do not contain dangerous substances like mercury making the recycling simpler and less costly.
The colour and intensity of light
SA lot of people do not want the LED light bulbs, because there is a common perception that they provides bluish light, low intensity and have a weird shape.
You do not have to worry about it now. „LEDs“ RETLUX colour of light is 3000K, similar to classical bulbs. Their light intensity is comparable to classical bulbs as well.
And the shape? The new generation LED light bulbs are very similar to light bulbs to which you have been accustomed for years.
Did we convince you?
Any other reason why use standard light bulbs at home?
LED light bulbs really pay off in all aspects. You should be convinced mainly by the fact that the LED light bulb would shine almost twenty times longer. You would save a lot of money and work with replacement of broken light bulbs in this time.
We trust that you will choose in the RETLUX portfolio the light source, which corresponds exactly to your requirements.
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