Over the past few years people have been switching over to LED bulbs. This includes homeowners, restaurants, offices and even factories making the switch in order to reduce costs, improve their lighting quality or to add in some ambience (this can be done with LED rope lighting). You’ll be surprised at just how much money you could save, just by replacing your current bulbs with LEDs. But, money isn’t the only reason to switch, here are some of the others. 

 

Require Changing Less Often

LED bulbs can last up to 50 times longer than their halogen or incandescent counterparts. LEDs are semiconductors, meaning that when electrons pass over them, it creates light. Compared to typical incandescent bulbs, there is very little wasted heat – incandescent bulbs work by sending electricity through the filament producing vast amounts of heat to create light. 

Each time you turn on an incandescent bulb, a relatively huge amount of energy is sent through conductive materials that burn white hot to create light and heat. This process will eventually mean the filament burns up and then pops.

LED Bulbs produce almost no heat thanks to the design & inclusion of specially crafted aluminium heat sinks to absorb what little heat is created, allowing the diodes to operate for much longer. So whilst your existing incandescent bulbs start to dwindle, your LED Bulbs will carry on performing for months longer!

 

Use Existing Fittings

This might come as a surprise to some people, but modern-day LED bulbs can all be retro-fitted to your existing fittings. LED bulbs allow you to simply plug them in and enjoy your new lighting solution straight away. There’s no need to hire an electrician to come and change the existing fittings, if you opt for a straight replacement of bulbs there’s absolutely no fuss at all. If you would like to change to dimmable LED bulbs, you will need to change your existing dimming switch in order to ensure that it is compatible with the new lighting system. 

 

Save Money & Save the Planet

LED bulbs save you money. Whilst the initial purchasing cost can potentially be considerable, depending on the property, the bulbs will often pay for themselves in less than a year. The average UK household can save around £160 a year just by switching to LED bulbs. 

LED bulbs are simply constructed with no hazardous materials or chemicals like mercury that are often found in more traditional bulbs. These materials, whilst posing no threat to home dwellers, are bad or the environment and due to the short life span of these bulbs, they are often sent to landfills and not recycled properly, leading to large amounts of waste. LED bulbs reduce this waste thanks to their much longer life span compared to traditional incandescent bulbs.

 

Light Up Instantly

There are few things worse than those morning panics you get when you should have left 10 minutes ago but you can’t find your keys! You go to check the living room, but you flip the light switch… still in the dark. Wouldn’t it be great if you could flip the switch and have the light you need, instantly?

That’s what you get from LED bulbs. Instant light when you need it most meaning you’re not wasting time waiting for a light bulb to reach full brightness. LED bulbs for this reason are a great alternative to incandescent & halogen bulbs in places like cupboards, cellars, lofts where you’ll be nipping in and out frequently. Replacing high traffic incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs is a must.

 

Wide Range of Colours

LED Bulbs are available in a wide range of temperatures making it easy for you to get the perfect mood lighting in every room of your home. At the top end, there are temperatures such as Cool White (4000K), which are most often found in bathrooms & commercial or retail premises.  

Warm White (3000K) are the in-between temperature stages and can be found in a wide range of environments in homes and offices. Very Warm White (2700K) are usually deployed in living rooms & bedrooms where you might want to achieve a more relaxed ambience. Warmer temperatures are perfect for more homely environments but also help with circadian rhythms, getting our bodies into routines by warming the light environments in the evenings & mornings.

No matter what temperature you choose in your home, you won’t have to wait long to see it.