Why Are People Using LED Light Tubes?

Do you use LED light tubes? The traditional fluorescent tubes have been accepted by customers and the market for a long time. They are widely used for commercial lighting, even for industrial lighting. 

However, fluorescent tubes contain mercy and lead, which is not good for the environment. Besides, efficiency is only 45-60lm/w. In a word, it's not so prefect for the environment and energy.

Recently, LED technology improved quickly. LED (light-emitting-diode) is a semiconductor diode that emits light. 

It contains solid state technology made in Silicon Valley using similar technologies that are used in the latest microprocessors. It's considered as an energy saving and eco-friendly light source.

At present LED tubes are accepted in more and more countries.

What are advantages of LED Light tubes?

1. Energy Saving

In December 2009, efficiency of LED tubes can be 90-100lm/w (transparent cover). It's about 2 times to efficiency fluorescent tube. In 2010, efficiency can be 120lm/w.

2. Eco-friendly

LED does not contain lead or mercury. It's eco-friendly. Now, eco-friendly products are popular in most of countries. LED light tubes are one of them. So, it will be more and more popular.

3. Longer Lifespan

Lifespan of LED is over 50,000 hours. It's 5 times longer than lifespan of fluorescent tube.

4. Colors Choice

Colors of LED can be white, red, blue, green, yellow and so on. If we choose right wavelength, they can be used for plant grow.

5. Dimmable

LEDs which are easier to be dimmable and LED tubes are able to do this.

The only problem is price. As the cost of LED is high, price is over 3 times higher than fluorescent tube. However, LED is a semiconductor diode. Price will be down every year like computers.

Therefore, in the near future, the prices will be much reduced. Efficiency will be over 120lm/w. We believe many countries in Europe and North America can accept it.

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The Basic Information On LED Tube Lights

Fluorescent lighting have become more popular in the households and offices. However, recent researches have found out that these can be very harmful to the environment. 

There are chances for the occurrence of severe head aches in the people who are exposed to fluorescent light tubes for a long time. 

These lights contain mercy and lead that are risky to the environment. Even when these lights are disposed they remain as harmful toxic waste.

LED tube light that does not emit mercury or any other kind of toxic gases is the new innovation which is popularly recommended to replace usual traditional bulbs and other fluorescent light tubes. 

LEDs are more environment friendly and cost effective. They consume less that 60% of the energy consumed by incandescent lamps. These will have a longer lifespan and also it will remain intact for 50,000 to 100,000 hours.

LED is a light emitting diode. It is a semiconductor diode which emits light. They are manufactured using a different technology as compared to fluorescent lights. 

Fluorescent lights use electrodes and a combination of argon and mercury to produce light. However, LEDs are small bulbs which produce light. The movement of electrons in the diode helps in producing light. 

A LED tube is made of hundreds of LEDs. The indicator bulbs in the LED tube lights produce low intensity red light or bright light.

The LEDs are popularly used by commercial and motor industries, agriculture sector and also in the traffic lights. It is a simple task to install this tube. It is designed for a drop in replacement for fluorescent tubes. However sometimes a bit of modifications need to be made.

The cost of the light tube is slightly expensive when compared to fluorescent lights. The cost is usually $30 to $50. 

As the life span of these lights is more, it will not be a loss even if you spend these much money. These light tubes come in various sizes and colors. The available sizes are 2, 4 or 6 feet. 

And these light tubes can be disposed like any other waste. They can be bought along with new fixtures. These do not require ballasts which are commonly used by fluorescent light tubes and so when these tubes are fixed ballasts are to be removed.

With all these benefits, LED tube lights are gaining popularity over the traditional bulbs. These are efficient energy savers and consumer friendly.

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