Going Green With LED Lights

Home improvements have always been a popular topic as everyone is continuously working on their dream house. There is always something to change, build and improve. Energy efficiency was not a major concern a few years ago. Today, the technological advances have added a new category in the home improvement business to include energy efficiency and cost reduction of utility bills. Unfortunately, means like solar panels or wind harvested energy are very expensive. A more affordable power saving method is using switching to low-voltage light bulbs. It is impressive how efficient 12V LED lights are.

What Are They?

A LED is a solid state component also known as a diode that can generate light with the aid of special dielectric material. To obtain a white light, the diode combines red, blue and green colors. Using a single LED diode does not generate enough lumens to illuminate an entire room. Manufacturers need to put together multiple diodes connected in a single PCB to increase the luminosity of the bulb. The number of LEDs will determine the luminosity and power consumption of the bulb. Also the quality of the diodes determines the efficiency of the finished product.

The Benefits Of Using LEDs

The first thing that needs to be mentioned about them is that they have an amazing lifespan. Simple 12V LED lights can last even 5 years of continuous usage. The highest quality light bulbs can be used for 20 years without being replaced. However, these lights are a bit more expensive but after a few months, the saving on the energy bill will cover the investment. After the lights pay for themselves, the true effectiveness of these low-voltage diodes will truly impact the budget allocated for utility bills. If we were to look at the numbers, a 12V LED can generate just as much light as a 150 watt halogen light bulb. The numbers become more impressive when compared to classic iridescent bulbs. In the end, it all sums up to significant saving and since in a home there are an average of 20 light bulbs, switching to LEDs is the best way to improve energy efficiency is a regular household.

Household Usage

These technological wonders can be used almost anywhere around and inside a home. They can be used to light the entire interior of a house including wall spots, ambient lightning and so on. If there is a yard or pool around the house, they can also be illuminated with LEDs. Let us not forget that it is recommended to have lights around a pool as a safety measure to prevent accidents, especially if there are kids around.

The Bottom Line

LEDs are the most cost-effective home improvement option out there. It can save a lot of money by reducing energy consumption, they reduce the risk of electrocution and last longer than iridescent bulbs. Since they do not need changing that often, extra money is saved by not being forced to buy new ones regularly. 12V LED lights are the most popular bulbs used these days due to the amount of lumens generated. Judging by the fact that their consumer demand increases constantly, the price of such a bulb should decrease in the near future as the industry is starting to make the production process more cost-effective.

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LED Grow Lights - How LED Grow Lights Now Rival HPS

Not so long ago LED grow lights arrived on the market, low yields and small fruits were the cry from the general growing community but nowadays the humble LED grow light has started a growing renaissance with large yields and large fruits easily achievable.

The new LED grow lights on the market now offer comparable results to High Pressure Sodium (Hps) lighting but at a fraction of the running costs of Sodium, so how has technology evolved to now provide a LED light to rival Hps in both terms of yield and fruit size. The development of high power LED diodes and advanced heat dissipation systems now allow the LED diodes to run at higher voltages than ever before, the newest LED grow lights now come fitted with either double optical lens or triple optical lens which both intensify the light and also provide the perfect light dispersion pattern suitable for explosive growth in both vegetative and bloom cycles of plant growth.

These new lights now have the power to rival the light output of Hps however the introduction of specialised wavelengths and ratios combined with the high power LED diodes are what makes the new LED grow lights so effective. The early lights came with a limited spectrum namely Blue, Red and occasionally Orange, the new wavelengths and ratios available now cover the entire spectrum and include Ultra Violet, Blue, Red, Green,Yellow,Orange, Infra Red, 2700K-7000K white.

These range of wavelengths can now be tuned into very specific ratios to provide increased yields and large fruits, the ability to tailor the individual wavelengths in the ratios allow complete control over the grow lights performance which enables the new LED grow lights to be tailored exactly to the growers requirements such as higher yield or increased flavour etc.

The development of double and triple optical lens has enabled the LED light to now not only provide a very tailored and specific LED light but with the specific magnification on the optical lenses they provide the perfect intensity and coverage to fully utilise the LED light produced. The lenses ability to intensify the light allows very high light levels to be achieved, with the lenses specific light spread angles this intense light is evenly spread over the lights effective footprint and penetrates down through the plant to lower branches.

These two important areas where further improvements in LED diode wavelength tuning and optical lens technology will emerge and will provide very fine tolerances in future LED wavelengths. The LED diodes used in high quality lights are typically tuned to within 5nm(nanometres) and whilst these provide exceptional results in the future it will be possible to tune the LED diodes to the plants exact light reactive points requirements. Lens technology is still in its infancy however already there are double and triple lens available, this area of technology can only improve as time passes however the improvements to be gained are potentially huge.

The humble LED grow light is now here to stay and with the further advancements in LED technology due over the next few years the future for LED lights is very bright indeed, High Pressure Sodium lighting has dominated the grow light market for many years however the crown is now slipping and LED lights might just find the crown is a perfect fit.

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