Led Bulbs – Useful Information

LED technology has begun to gain a lot of ground in recent years and is part of our everyday life since we meet it quite often and in various forms in the objects that surround us such as lamps, illuminated signs, lighters, flashlights and many others. But what is it that makes LED technology develop at such a fast pace and what are the advantages it presents? Below we'll break down everything you want to know about LED bulbs as well as the ways you can improve your everyday life.

LED technology

This particular technology uses LED photodiodes (LED - Light Emmiting Diode) through a fairly simple idea. In essence it is a contact of negative and positive charges. This contact could be imagined as a magnet through which the current manages to pass through one end but stops at the other. As for lamps, LEDs are engineered to reproduce a specific color, at a specific wavelength, when current flows through them.

Types of LED bulbs

Due to their rapid growth, consumers can choose between different types and sizes when it comes to LED bulbs. For example, there are LED lamps that have a fairly large brush and are used in heavy industry products. In addition, the snow-cone type has a brush that occupies the bottom half of the bulb. This type has the ability to emit directional light and is often used in multi-lights. Another type of LED lamp is the one that produces unidirectional light and is often used in table lamps. More generally, there is a wide range of types that have applications in flat panels, in projectors or for hidden lighting needs.

Advantages

The rapid pace of development of LED technology in the field of general lighting should not surprise anyone, as its great success is based on a long list of advantages. In fact LED lamps present a striking advantage over more traditional lighting methods. Some of them are:

• LED lamps have a large performance base while exhibiting a low power consumption. In this way consumers have a significant financial benefit.
• LED types of lamps in most cases do not emit UV or infrared radiation and do not contain mercury. Thus, we could claim that they are environmentally reliable and child-friendly.
• In addition to the economic benefits, the fact that LED lamps have a long life span and longer maintenance intervals should be added.
• In addition, they are available in a wide range of sizes and colors while providing direct light during operation.

What to watch out for

When buying Led lamps you should be careful when reading the lighting component label. In each lamp package, you will find a table that provides information about its efficiency, watts, life, color and temperature, and more. When buying an LED lamp you should know that its brightness is not calculated based on the Watt value. In fact, this is indicated by the lumen value. In order to be able to better calculate the brightness of the lamp, you should know that 60 Watt gives a brightness of approximately 800 lumens.

LED lights and Wi-Fi

LED bulb technology is developing at an incredibly fast pace and manufacturing companies are constantly trying to adapt new features. These new features are intended to make LED lamps even more attractive. For example, there are LED lamps on the market that are capable of connecting to Wi-Fi, providing the ability to manage them through a mobile phone. By using technologically specialized platforms, different colors of LED lamps can be combined resulting in the production of millions of colors and shades. This technology does not need a large investment and installation of interconnected systems.