LED Lighting

I picked up a book yesterday on how to reduce the amount of energy that a family uses in their homes. I will be adding a post from time to time on this subject as it is also an important aspect to alternative energy that everyone can accomplish themselves today.

In most stores today in their lighting departments you will find a large selection on LED lights that are replacing the standard lamps in existing light fixtures in the home. The advantage of using LED lights is that they do not use anywhere the amount of power that a conventional light consumes. Less power consumption means more money in your pocket at the end of the month, which is a good thing.

The one thing that I have noticed with the LED lamps is that they produce a different colour of light than we normally use to. The light has a bluish colour and may take some people a little longer to get use to the new colour of light.

A blue light will make the room feel a little cooler. To get around that problem a different colour of paint on the walls will eliminate the problem and give the home a different feel. (Note: your spouse that is if you have one will probably appreciate having the interior rooms painted), and of course there is the little matter of having less expenses each month.

I personally have modified some of the lights in the motor home and have found that the coach batteries last considerably longer before they need to be recharged. The other thing that I have found in the motor home is that the colour of the LED lights do not change noticeably when the battery voltage is reduced not like an incandescent lamp that gets considerably dimmer and more orange in colour.

Big trucks, 18 wheelers, have had LED lights on their trailers for several years now  great success. The only problem that LED Taillights have is in our harsh winters up in Canada the LED tail lights get covered with snow which reduces their visibility.

I saw in a car magazine that you can purchase after market LED headlights. It will only be a matter of time when all vehicles will be equipped with LED lights, when this happens the cost of producing the lights will be greatly reduced.

Presently the standard automotive style of LED lamps are priced around $9.00 to $12.00 where as the same bulb as an incandescent lamp is $3.00 to $4.00 range. The savings are in that LED lamps last many time longer than the incandescent lamps and since the LED lamps do not require as much power there will be a slight increase in the fuel economy of the vehicle.

The size of an alternative energy generator does not need to be as powerful if you can reduce your power consumption.

I was amazed by the amount of information available on the Internet on LED Lighting. All you have to do is search for LED Lighting and a lot of information will appear for you to go through. This research business does require a lot of reading.
Until next time keep on inventing.