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LED vs CFL vs Incandescent A19 Light Bulb
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: CFL, Incandescent, A19 Light Bulb, LED
Hi everyone, today we are talking about A19s, more commonly known as the humble light bulb. If you are thinking of switching your light bulbs from Incandescent or CFLs to LED lights we’ll also go through some comparisons and other good information that might help with the...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 8: LED Light Quality
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: LED Light, LED light bulbs
In this part of our series, we pick up from where we left in the last part as we look at another consideration to make when comparing bulbs –light quality and temperature. Both light bulb aspects are measured by CRI and CCT. CRI stands for Color Rendering Index and is a measure of how...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 7: Identifying Bulb Types
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: Bulb Types, LED light bulbs
On this part of our series, we go through how you can figure out what light bulbs you are currently using at home. The easiest way to do this is show pictures of the main types of light bulbs used in the home. Far and away the most common light bulb used is the Incandescent A...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 6: Components of LED lights
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: LED bulbs, LED lights, LED light bulbs
In this part of the series we are going to briefly go through the parts that make up an LED bulb. Most components of an LED bulb are easy to acquire or customize but, as this is an introduction series, we won’t be teaching you how to make one nor will you be able to build your own by the end...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 5: LED Light Output and Efficiency
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: LED Light Efficiency, LED Light Output, LED light bulbs
This part of the series will explain why the wattage needed to light up a room is different when using a regular incandescent bulb compared to either a CFL or LED light. First, we need to understand what lumens is and its role in lighting. Lumens is the total amount of visible...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 4: Costs of Replacing Bulbs
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: cost replacing bulbs, LED lamp, LED light bulbs
In the previous article we looked at a common scenario between a 40W incandescent A19, a 15W CFL A19, and a 7W LED A19 and easily calculated how much each bulb’s yearly electricity usage cost is. In this article, we add to that scenario the total cost of replacing bulbs over a...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 3: Cost Comparison
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: LED Cost comparison, LED light bulbs, LED lightbulbs
Almost everyone by now has heard that LEDs are more energy efficient – but exactly how do they save you money? The easiest way to explain it is by running a scenario of 3 bedrooms, each having a can light in the ceiling. The first bedroom uses a 40W incandescent regular A19...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 2: LED Performance Comparison
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: LED light bulbs, lightbulbs, LED
LEDs are simply a good choice for home lighting because they use less electricity and last longer. Both these reasons translate to costing you less money to light your home. But there are other pros and a couple cons with LED as well, and as a responsible buyer you need to get as much...
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Intro to LED Light Bulbs: Part 1: What is LED and why is it different?
Category: LED Light Bulbs | Tag with: lightbulbs, LED lightbulbs, LED
LED stands for light emitting diode and is used as a source of light in many applications such as indicator lights in appliances, backlights for mobile devices, traffic lights, and electronic billboard ads. This educational series will focus on LEDs as conventional lights for homes and offices...
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PAR30 Light Bulb
Category: PAR 30 LED Lights | Tag with: PAR30 LED Lamp, PAR30 LED Lights, PAR30 Lights, PAR30 Light Bulb
PAR 30 LED bulbs have the same shape to it as the older PAR 30 bulbs. But that’s where the similarities end. The older PAR30 light bulb was named as such because of the parabolic shape of the glass bulb that surrounds the tungsten filament and halogen gas. Although the PAR30 LED bulb looks the...
