Long Life and Low Maintenance
LED lighting has a 50,000 hour life with 70% lumen maintenance-this equates to 11.5 years of operation at 12 hours a day, or almost 6 years on-time continuously.
Be aware of the difference between conventional lamp – a 2,000 hours lifespan for incandescent bulb, 6,000 hours for compact fluorescent means that half the lamps are dead in 2,000 – 6,000 hours.
Benefits
Durable - Since LEDs do not have a filament, they are not damaged under circumstances when a regular incandescent bulb would be broken.
Because they are solid, LED bulbs hold up well to jarring and bumping.
Cool
These bulbs do not cause heat build-up; LED's produce 3.4 btu's/hour, compared to 85 for incandescent bulbs.
Energy-saving
LED's use a fraction of the wattage of incandescent bulbs. Batteries will last 10 to 15 times longer than with incandescent bulbs.
Also, because these bulbs last for years, energy is saved in maintenance and replacement costs.
Many cities in the US are replacing their incandescent traffic lights with LED arrays because the electricity costs can be reduced by 80% or more.
Light for remote areas
Light for remote areas - because of the low power requirement for LED's, using solar panels becomes more practical and less expensive than running an electric line or using a generator. |
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