{"id":1085,"date":"2019-10-01T20:19:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daylight24.com\/shop\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2019-11-13T02:42:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T02:42:20","slug":"led-and-lightbulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daylight24.com\/shop\/led-and-lightbulbs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference between LEDs and Lightbulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEDs have been around for a while now and they are here to stay.\u00a0 To most people LEDs and bulbs are a very mundane subject but when you\u2019re in the industry, it\u2019s rather fascinating to see and hear how much progress this technology has made.<\/p>\n

So What’s the Difference between LEDs and lightbulbs?<\/h3>\n

Traditional lightbulbs, known as incandescent bulbs, have been around since the late 1800s.\u00a0 They are basically a glassed vacuum chamber with a filament that has energy passing through it when it\u2019s turned on.\u00a0 Electricity passing through the wire filament heats that filament to such a high temperature that it starts to glow with visible light.\u00a0 The problem with this technology is that majority of electricity that goes through a traditional bulb is wasted as heat and that glow is more of a bi-product instead of the primary product that incandescent bulbs are meant to make.<\/p>\n

LEDs are semiconductors that convert electrons into photons, nothing else!\u00a0 Energy is not converted to heat up a filament to an extreme glowing temperature.\u00a0 LEDs purely convert that energy into photons.\u00a0 In LEDs light is your primary product, not a bi-product of heating up a filament to such a high temperature that it begins to glow.<\/p>\n

Can I Save Money Using LEDs?<\/h3>\n

Yes, and big time.\u00a0 Traditional lightbulbs required a lot of energy to produce light.\u00a0 LEDs on the other hand use a fraction of that energy as they don\u2019t have to raise an elements temperature to an extremely high degree.\u00a0 Furthermore, raising the temperature to a very high degree in an incandescent bulb is very heavy wear and tear.\u00a0 LED lights don\u2019t have to go through this extreme.\u00a0 LED lights are designed to last years instead of weeks and often a single LED bulb can last you five or more years.<\/p>\n

With LEDs you end up using less energy, don\u2019t have to worry about over heating a space during the warmer months, and you will probably end up changing the LED bulb once every five, 10 or even 15 years!<\/p>\n

Features to Look For in an LED Light<\/h3>\n

There are a few options that LEDs offer and here are the key things you should consider when buying them.<\/p>\n

Lumens<\/strong> – This simply means “luminosity” and the higher the value the more light is projected from the LED.\u00a0 Your traditional incandescent 60 Watt bulb is roughly 600 Lumens.<\/p>\n

Color Temperature<\/strong> – This is a measurement of the color your LED will project.\u00a0 The higher the temperature value, the closer you will get to a “sunny blue sky” light.\u00a0 Here is how it breaks down:<\/p>\n