8 Things You Didn’t Know About LED Light Bulbs

Most people could tell you something about LED lights – probably that they are energy efficient – but there are some facts about these environmentally friendly lights that are not so well known.

Here are 8 facts about LED light bulbs that you may not know.

LED lights can help you grow vegetables

Looking to increase efficiency in your veg’ growing environment? Why not add LED Panels to your grow room to encourage healthy and abundant plants?

Although natural light benefits from a full spectrum of light, different semiconductors in LEDs can create diodes that emit different wavelengths of light. This means that you can use different LED bulbs for different stages of plant growth. For example, Blue LED light are ideal for growing full and leafy plants and then Red LEDs can encourage budding and flowering. For a full and healthy crop, plantzoid.com recommends that your grow room lighting replicates natural light as much as possible.

The first LED was invented in 1962

American engineer, Nick Holonyak, Jr invented the first visible red light LED. He was working for General Electric at the time and has also invented the laser diode that’ used today in CD and DVD players and mobile phones.

LED Lighting can treat acne

Blue LED light wavelengths cause the development of oxygen radicals, killing the bacteria that are major contributing factors in cases of acne. This technology is available for use at home and is seen as a drug-free alternative for the treatment of acne.

LEDs last a lifetime

Good quality LED light bulbs can last 30,000 hours! That means you might not need to change an LED light bub for 20 years!

Their lifetime is so long because of their construction. With no traditional filaments, these little light sources have nothing that will burn out!

LED light makes you work better

With LED lighting mimicking natural light, studies have shown that LED lighting in office environments can increase productivity, resulting in large savings for all kinds of companies, all over the world.

LED lights can save you around £1,000

If you replaced all of the old, inefficient light bulbs in your house with modern, LED light bulbs, you could save around £1,010 from your lighting bills over the lifetime of the bulbs. You would also save 5.1 tonnes of CO2.

Your house, car and office can all use LEDs

Due to their tough construction and flexible composition, LED light bulbs can be used for a wide range of applications from children’s bedroom lighting and kitchen spotlights to powerful warehouse installations, outdoor lights and traffic signalling. LEDs are also used in cars as indicator lights.

There were 49 million LEDs installed in the UK in 2015

According to this article, the US saved huge energy costs through the installation of around 49,000,000 LED lights throughout the country. View our selection of LED light bulbs to make your own savings!

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