subject: Save up 90% on your power bill with LED! [print this page] Save up 90% on your power bill with LED! Save up 90% on your power bill with LED!
During the last ten years the power bill has gone up by 200% in Sweden. This has been an eye opener for most people. Today most of us spend time identifying energy draining devices such old refrigerators, electric radiators, lighting etc in order to replace them with more energy efficient devices. Most of us find that lighting has become a difficult story since the new lamps are expensive. Some are frustrated with the fact that energy saving lamps takes time to build up heat and glow and some are irritated about the fact that they are environmentally dangerous since they contain quicksilver. A room should be evacuated for at least 30 minutes if an energy saver has been accidentally smashed while glowing and the remains should be treated as environmentally hazardous.
LED (light emitting diod) has been around on the market the past decade or so and disappointments have been many. Most of that has changed though during the last two years. Today there are no newly produced LED lamps that suddenly go out or fade after a month or two. Production is souring and the quality has become even and generally higher. Today there are quality LEDs that gives some 50,000 hours of glow with a 70% light emission. I practice these LED lamps will continue to glow even to a 100,000 hours. This means you will not have to change those bulbs and spots for another 30 to 40 years with regular home usage. You can compare this with halogen lamps that today give something between 1,000 hours to 2,000 hours and an energy saver that gives you 10,000 hours. You can by 50 halogen lamps on the lifespan of one quality LED.
Expenses then! Well, yes, LED is more expensive but as I said before they will glow for so much longer. How many LED lamps can you buy at the expense of 50 halogen lamps? I have made some calculations and I came up with a saving already after 10 halogen lamps. Awesome isn't it? But the savings doesn't just stop there. The main saving you will make is on you power bill. Up to 90% of what you today give to the energy corporation you can invest in LED. This means that in most cases you will have your investment returning savings after 1-3 years. If you are running a business you have to contemplate the opportunity to invest since it has a lasting effect and ROI is within 1-3 years. I have seen a small office that made a saving of $14,000 in power bill reduction and new lamp procurement after 5 years. A big store made a $90,000 saving after 5 years. Money that previously went straight in the pocket of the local power corporation.
Some say that LED emits a weak beam of light compared to alternative sources such as a halogen lamp. Yes, that was the case before but not today. Today you can find lamps that gives 3*3W i.e. a LED lamp with 9W emitting 540 lumen. That equivalent to a halogen at 35-50W. These LED lamps were not to be found just one year ago. There is also some more exclusive LED lamps for home or store use at 12*3W emitting an astonishing 2160 lumen, that is almost twice as much as an ordinary 100W bulb. LED does not produce any heat, only light. This makes is it virtually fireproof. And last but not least, LED doesn't contain any toxic materials making it 100% decomposable. Make a great investment already today and save a lot of $$$.
