LED Lights are extremely cost effective and since they typically last 50,000 hours (8 to 10 years) with a 4-year guarantee (compared to 3 to 6 months for Halogen and CFL) they also cut down on paying someone to constantly swap out old bulbs.
How does saving 85 percent off your current electrical lighting bill sound? In many businesses, lighting makes up the majority of electrical usage.
LED lights are also mercury-free, unlike fluorescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs (FL and CFL), which contain Mercury dust and are a new source of environmental poison in our landfills and can leach into our oceans and food chain.
Remember those stories back in history class of gold miners with "gold fever"? Yes, that really happened back then because they used to use mercury to process gold, and over time, the mercury would be absorbed through the skin or vapors would leach into the lungs and make them sick.
Every single tube light in your ceiling contains about 5 mg of toxic mercury. Halogen bulbs contain mercury and halide, which contains poisonous mercury metal.
Whoever invented the CFL bulb must have been making a Faustian deal as one FL bulb uses 40 watts and puts out a horrible flickering milky and mainly ultraviolet light. That's the light that causes skin cancer and the new bulbs utility companies are touting as "high efficient FL bulbs" use 32 watts or a weaker light at 28 watts.
However, an LED tube light only uses 18 watts. It puts out a beautiful clean white light or soft warm light if you want a warmer Kelvin and does not give out ultraviolet light.
What does that mean? You are not going to get skin cancer from an LED light, there is no ballast buzz (the noise that buzzes constantly) and if you are using LED outdoors, the new white Light from LED doesn't attract bugs. The best part is LEDs do not flicker like FL bulbs do, so sensitive eyes will love them.
In this economy, times are tough for a lot of people, and now more than ever it's harder and harder to do something so easy that can lower the overhead costs of running a business. LED lighting does just that.
If you have those small MR16 bulbs for track lighting or displays, your savings are even larger.
Common as little mini track lights, the halogen bulbs are usually 50 watts each and only last around 3 months. LED MR16 are only 5 watts and last for up to 10 years. They are dimmable now 30 to 70 percent so when you start adding up how much of your profits your burning up with CFL bulbs or halogen, it's insane not to take a good look at lowering your overhead. The electrical savings alone can be hundreds or thousands of dollars wasted a month and at the same time you are helping keep the earth free of mercury.
LED lights come in every size and replacement shape and Kelvin you could ever want. Find an LED company that can easily show you how to swap your lighting and massively drop the overhead expenses all at the same time. It's extremely easy and it makes great financial sense saving maintenance costs, saving electrical costs. Did the LED light bulb just go off in your head yet?
Herdrich can be reached at [email protected]
How does saving 85 percent off your current electrical lighting bill sound? In many businesses, lighting makes up the majority of electrical usage.
LED lights are also mercury-free, unlike fluorescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs (FL and CFL), which contain Mercury dust and are a new source of environmental poison in our landfills and can leach into our oceans and food chain.
Remember those stories back in history class of gold miners with "gold fever"? Yes, that really happened back then because they used to use mercury to process gold, and over time, the mercury would be absorbed through the skin or vapors would leach into the lungs and make them sick.
Every single tube light in your ceiling contains about 5 mg of toxic mercury. Halogen bulbs contain mercury and halide, which contains poisonous mercury metal.
Whoever invented the CFL bulb must have been making a Faustian deal as one FL bulb uses 40 watts and puts out a horrible flickering milky and mainly ultraviolet light. That's the light that causes skin cancer and the new bulbs utility companies are touting as "high efficient FL bulbs" use 32 watts or a weaker light at 28 watts.
However, an LED tube light only uses 18 watts. It puts out a beautiful clean white light or soft warm light if you want a warmer Kelvin and does not give out ultraviolet light.
What does that mean? You are not going to get skin cancer from an LED light, there is no ballast buzz (the noise that buzzes constantly) and if you are using LED outdoors, the new white Light from LED doesn't attract bugs. The best part is LEDs do not flicker like FL bulbs do, so sensitive eyes will love them.
In this economy, times are tough for a lot of people, and now more than ever it's harder and harder to do something so easy that can lower the overhead costs of running a business. LED lighting does just that.
If you have those small MR16 bulbs for track lighting or displays, your savings are even larger.
Common as little mini track lights, the halogen bulbs are usually 50 watts each and only last around 3 months. LED MR16 are only 5 watts and last for up to 10 years. They are dimmable now 30 to 70 percent so when you start adding up how much of your profits your burning up with CFL bulbs or halogen, it's insane not to take a good look at lowering your overhead. The electrical savings alone can be hundreds or thousands of dollars wasted a month and at the same time you are helping keep the earth free of mercury.
LED lights come in every size and replacement shape and Kelvin you could ever want. Find an LED company that can easily show you how to swap your lighting and massively drop the overhead expenses all at the same time. It's extremely easy and it makes great financial sense saving maintenance costs, saving electrical costs. Did the LED light bulb just go off in your head yet?
Herdrich can be reached at [email protected]