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LED Home Lighting - A Beginner's Handbook

Most individuals have come across LED Home Lighting in one form or another; typically in torches, Christmas lights and solar or mains powered garden lighting. However many are still unaware that home LED home lighting is now not only possible, but very much the future of domestic lighting.

The Lighting Industry is fast dropping additional investment in the present generation of low-power lamps (Compact Fluorescent Lamps or CFLs - ungainly, garish and, being filled with Mercury vapour, a disposal nightmare). Companies like Philips Lighting Corporation have already stated their dedication to LED Home Lighting as the way forward.

Consequently the availability, range and affordability of LED Home Lighting solutions is rising at an explosive rate. But as at this time it is still best to introduce LED Home Lighting into your personal home by approaching those application that LEDs are best able to replace.

The essential difference between traditional incandescent light bulbs and LED lights is that the former wastes as much as ninety eight% of the electrical energy provided as heat but does shine light in all directions, whereas LED light sources convert almost all their electrical energy into light (hence the reason they stay cool to the touch) but shine a pure and very intense directional light.

The other key differentiator is cost of ownership. LED light bulbs last an extremely long time (3 decades of normal use) and cost so little to run that the cost of the electricity used throughout the entire life time of a bulb is almost certain to be less than the price of the bulb itself. It is in stark contrast to normal non-LED bulbs which are typically well over 500 times the price of the bulb itself in operating and replacement costs.

These particular qualities (highly efficient, zero fire risk and focused light) make LED light bulbs a perfect substitute for spot lights, especially the ubiquitous halogen lamps presently found in many homes and that waste heat and money in abundance.

But changing domestic halogen down lighters is only one aspect of spot lighting that LED lamps are good for. They also make appropriate display lighting and as a bonus can be fitted in places where you couldn't even contemplate using conventional incandescent spot lights because of the risk of damage and fire from their extremely high operating temperature.

LED spot illuminations are a natural choice for bringing illumination to display units, shelves, beneath kitchen shelves and inside cupboards and wardrobes. They can be readily installed adjacent to objects and surfaces without any danger of causing heat damage and often give a much better light than regular light bulbs in such uses.

The other dimension that home LED home lighting is revolutionising is mood lighting, bringing completely new array of effects that existing lighting technology can not begin to emulate. LED mood lighting provides a brand new palette of vibrant color that may be altered and blended at will to produce stunning effects, either as a focal point or cast against floors, ceilings and walls to change the ambiance of any room or space in your house.