LED Facts
Solid-state lighting is used in a variety of lighting applications because it offers many benefits, including:
- Long Life – LEDs can provide 75,000 hours or more service life which reduces maintenance costs. In comparison, an incandescent light bulb lasts approximately 1,000 hours.
- Energy Savings – The best commercial white LED lighting systems provide more than twice the luminous eficacy (lumens per watt) of incandescent lighting. Colored LEDs are especially advantageous for colored lighting applications because filters are not needed.
- Better quality light output – LEDs have minimum ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
- Intrinsically safe – LED systems are low voltage and are generally cool to the touch.
- Smaller flexible light fixtures – The small size of LEDs makes them useful for lighting tight spaces.
- Durable – LEDs have no filament to break and can withstand vibrations.
- No Mercury – Or other hazardous material used in manufacturing.
