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LED Tube Lights – Not Ready for Prime Time?

January 25, 2010

I’ve been reading the “Summary of Results: Round 9 of Product Testing,”(warning – this link opens a PDF file) by the US Department of Energy’s Solid-State Lighting CALiPER Program. If you are interested in the current state of LED lighting products, it makes for some fascinating reading. One big concern I have had both [...]

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Electricity Savings with LED Tube Lights

January 6, 2010

How much electricity can you expect to save by installing LED tube lights?  Well, it depends, of course, on what kind of fluorescent bulbs you are replacing, whether there was an electronic or magnetic ballast and the rated wattage of the replacement bulb or bulbs, but you are guaranteed to use less electricity than is [...]

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What Are LED Light Bulbs?

December 30, 2009

So, the first question many of you may have is what are LED lights are and what makes them special?
LED stands for light-emitting diode.  LEDs are actually semiconductors (just like computer chips) that emit energy in the form of light when electricity is passed through them. They are doped or injected with certain chemicals that [...]

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