Different Uses and Purposes of LED Lights
Imran ali asked:
There is a wide variety of different LED lights available out there. These lights come in various shapes and sizes and are used for a diverse range of purposes. These state-of-the-art lights are designed with resistors as low-power LEDs and they are also available as high-power lights for more robust operation. You can choose from 1W to 3W high-power LEDs, LEDs with wire and resistor, wireless LED remote controller, LED car kits, LED sign boards, LED strips, household bulbs and many more. All these models and styles are used for different purposes including home décor and customization of vehicles. The uses of these powerful lights are unlimited and therefore they are appreciated all over the world.
LED lighting is also used for security reasons and as traffic lights. Since these lights consume very little power they are ideal to be used for long operations or where they are required to remain on for an indefinite time period. LEDs are better than incandescent light bulbs or other traditional lights as they do not heat up very quickly. Almost 80% of the energy consumed by LEDs is converted into light and only some of it is dissipated as heat. Because of the same reason these lights last for a long time and are definitely a cost-effective option.
Basically LEDs are available in three categories: LEDs for cars, LED flashlights, and LED bulbs or strips for home. LED tubes with different patterns are also becoming popular in today’s stylish and high-tech world. These lights can be used to decorate almost anything and they come in red, blue, green and ultra violet colors. LED lights are very bright and can be used in cars, computers, motorcycles and snowmobiles. These lights can be recognized easily from a distance and are therefore used on sign displays such as danger signs and as police warning lights.
LED rope light for household use is yet another wonderful light that one can use for home décor. These lights look pleasing to the eye and can be used to outline the boundary of an object such as a coffee table or TV trolley. They come with 36 LEDs per meter in different colors like red, blue and white. They can also be used as outdoor décor items and as hanging lights on weddings and parties. Since these lights come in exciting colors they are used by many stylish people who love luminosity and brightness.
LED car kits are also admired by a lot of car enthusiasts all over the world. These LED lights create an under-car halo which looks lovely. This LED car kit requires 12V power and comes with 2.1 million color output. It has the ability to display one color at a time and the pattern can be chosen according to the terrain or situation. These lights are made waterproof and they last for many years to come. The best thing about these kits is that they are not very expensive at all. You can get a wonderful LED car kit with remote controller and all wiring for somewhere around $200 which is quite reasonable.
LED lights have infinite uses. Ranging from simple 5mm & 8mm LEDs with resistor to high-power multi-purpose LEDs, these lights are strong and long-lasting. They are designed to operate non-stop for long durations because of extremely low power consumption and very little heat dissipation. They are ideal to be used as ambient and architectural lights as well as medical and convenient lights. Par 38 and Par 20 household LED bulbs are very practical and useful. They can be used for bright kitchen lighting and office lighting.
There is a wide variety of different LED lights available out there. These lights come in various shapes and sizes and are used for a diverse range of purposes. These state-of-the-art lights are designed with resistors as low-power LEDs and they are also available as high-power lights for more robust operation. You can choose from 1W to 3W high-power LEDs, LEDs with wire and resistor, wireless LED remote controller, LED car kits, LED sign boards, LED strips, household bulbs and many more. All these models and styles are used for different purposes including home décor and customization of vehicles. The uses of these powerful lights are unlimited and therefore they are appreciated all over the world.
LED lighting is also used for security reasons and as traffic lights. Since these lights consume very little power they are ideal to be used for long operations or where they are required to remain on for an indefinite time period. LEDs are better than incandescent light bulbs or other traditional lights as they do not heat up very quickly. Almost 80% of the energy consumed by LEDs is converted into light and only some of it is dissipated as heat. Because of the same reason these lights last for a long time and are definitely a cost-effective option.
Basically LEDs are available in three categories: LEDs for cars, LED flashlights, and LED bulbs or strips for home. LED tubes with different patterns are also becoming popular in today’s stylish and high-tech world. These lights can be used to decorate almost anything and they come in red, blue, green and ultra violet colors. LED lights are very bright and can be used in cars, computers, motorcycles and snowmobiles. These lights can be recognized easily from a distance and are therefore used on sign displays such as danger signs and as police warning lights.
LED rope light for household use is yet another wonderful light that one can use for home décor. These lights look pleasing to the eye and can be used to outline the boundary of an object such as a coffee table or TV trolley. They come with 36 LEDs per meter in different colors like red, blue and white. They can also be used as outdoor décor items and as hanging lights on weddings and parties. Since these lights come in exciting colors they are used by many stylish people who love luminosity and brightness.
LED car kits are also admired by a lot of car enthusiasts all over the world. These LED lights create an under-car halo which looks lovely. This LED car kit requires 12V power and comes with 2.1 million color output. It has the ability to display one color at a time and the pattern can be chosen according to the terrain or situation. These lights are made waterproof and they last for many years to come. The best thing about these kits is that they are not very expensive at all. You can get a wonderful LED car kit with remote controller and all wiring for somewhere around $200 which is quite reasonable.
LED lights have infinite uses. Ranging from simple 5mm & 8mm LEDs with resistor to high-power multi-purpose LEDs, these lights are strong and long-lasting. They are designed to operate non-stop for long durations because of extremely low power consumption and very little heat dissipation. They are ideal to be used as ambient and architectural lights as well as medical and convenient lights. Par 38 and Par 20 household LED bulbs are very practical and useful. They can be used for bright kitchen lighting and office lighting.
Insatiable Critic Gael Greene’s First Tastings of New York’s New Fall Restaurants
Gael Greene asked:
zz/ Bloomingdale Road: First Tastings
Bloomingdale Road
The menu is designed for the table to share,” our waiter at the new Bloomingdale Road
announces.
I look at the list of “snacks” just above “small plates and sandwiches” and “soup and salads.” “How many smoked deviled eggs on the plate?” I ask.
“Three,” he says.
“But we’re four.”
“You can always get two orders,” he responds.
“I don’t need six eggs.”
“Well, they’re big and you can cut them in half.”
“But then I’ll have six halves. How about the suckling pig meatballs?”
“Three,” he says grinning. “I could just bring you four anyway.”
“Bring us four and charge for the extra meatball,” I instruct. “And we’ll have four chowder shots too.”
This is not just another lineup of comfort food. It’s playpen time. It’s the homey and weirdo hour. We have chicken lollipops-Buffalo with blue cheese fondue. Country ham is roasted with Coca-Cola. Everyday fries? Not here. Smoked fries, Old Bay fries and bone marrow fries. The tuna ribs are chili and honey glazed. Country-fried quail comes with biscuits and gravy. This unquenchable exuberance and desperate need to fry up something not yet invented might be inspired by how many restaurants are in countdown phase all over town (especially Fatty Crab and Tom Valenti’s West Branch, imminent not far away on Broadway – which was once called Bloomingdale Road).
I wouldn’t be going into all this today if I hadn’t actually liked some of Chef Ed Witt’s dishes since, I must confess, I accidentally barged into Bloomingdale Road on its first night, thinking it had opened a week earlier. And I wasn’t the only trigger happy Upper West Sider piling in the door as if starved. The duplex, bar and sidewalk tables are jammed with yuppies and yippies, seniors and younglings in startling juxtaposition.
If I’d hated every bite I would have left the place to expire of terminal silliness and possibly come back eventually if it rallied, just to be fair. But the fabulous chowder shooters (not exactly drinkable in their shot glass – we had to ask for spoons), the sensational smoked fries with not-too-much cheddar and the Road Food Warrior’s whole wheat fettuccine with spicy shrimp, grilled squash and marjoram actually live up to Witt’s resume – Rubicon in San Francisco, Restaurant Daniel, Il Buco and the ambitious but doomed Varietal.
We’re all wild about the brioche baked in a tin can – “Watch out,” says the waiter, leaving a small ramekin of herb-black-pepper-honey doused butter. “That’s really hot.” Yoicks! I discover he’s not kidding as I try to pull the puffed-up top free from its baking tin, a lawsuit in a can in this litigious town. “Want more bread?” the runner asks. Even devout carbophobes want more. A second pouf comes in a burning hot ramekin (easier to extract without injury). “I’ll leave this used butter because we’re running short,” says the runner, the same guy who assures us the chowder shots are “chicken.” On the first night it’s almost amusing. (Even Sarah was amusing for 24 hours.) And the ancho-dusted scallops with corn and wild mushrooms are small but good (at least our fussy friend is impressed and her husband attacks the trout on chunks of potato slathered with horseradish cream with unabashed gusto).
The teeny suckling pig meatballs are lost in a smother of chipotle tomato sauce and not worth saving anyway. Mac and cheese Witt style is witless – macaroni cheese soup. It comes with a tripartite dish alongside sporting the crunchiest croutons I’ve ever tasted, bits of bacon and minced jalapeno. “You can run your macaroni over the condiments,” we are instructed. No. No. No. Impossible. (But save the croutons. They’re marvelous.) I’m not sure if it was something my grass-fed cow ate but the barely chewable strip steak smells and tastes spoiled. Still, those fries. The kitchen has them mastered. Well, I hope. Who knows what day 2 will bring?
More crowds, says Proprietor Jeremy Wladis, who knows the neighborhood’s consuming fervor from his two other ventures, Nonna (Columbus and 85th) and Campo (Broadway at 112th Street). But even he is reeling with the demand, walk-ins and reservations, “We fed 200 last night. We’re completely booked for the weekend.” And yes, the menu is still evolving. “We’ve been tasting the food for two months,” he confides, “but it’s one thing to do cedar roasted sockeye salmon for five tasters and another when every table is jammed. Some of our dishes are controversial. One table hates it. The next table loves it. You don’t know what to do.”
At six o’clock on the house’s fourth night Wladis just got handed the sixth version of the menu. I hope they’ll realize how mean it is to the middle-aged among us to have type that small and palest gray. “Order whatever you want me to eat,” our friend Harvey pleaded. “I can’t read the menu.” My guy passed him the flashlight.
Syrupy sweet apricot and bourbon glaze on brioche does not mean “bread pudding” in my book. And I probably should not have ordered peanut butter and jelly tart with marshmallow ice cream, although, like Elvis, I was once addicted to peanut butter and bacon with banana. I guess I’ve tossed that monkey off my back. This is my neighborhood after all. We’ll be back.
2398 Broadway near 88th Street 212 674 7400
Apiary:
Like a privileged first child in an ambitious family with excellent connections, Apiary has a top of the line nursery – slick modern design by partner Ligne Rosset, starring whimsical trompe l’oeil sconces and the company’s own sleekly squared side chairs upholstered in deep jewel colors – garnet, amethyst, graphite, cat’s eye, or shall I say, beet, eggplant, braised veal and chocolate. Managing partner Jenny Moon left Korea at 15 for this destiny – an American education, a degree in finance from Cornell’s hotel and restaurant school, then risk arbitrage on Wall Street, and finally, following her real passion to Restaurant Daniel’s skybox as Boulud’s executive assistant, finally, a stop at Eighty One, even while hatching Apiary.
With Moon as managing partner, Neil Manacle, Bobby Flay’s sidekick of sixteen years, at the stove and Cellar consultant Nick Mautone lining up the bottles (heavy duty alternative action in New York state labels and micro brews), Apiary brings remarkably good bones to the creeping gentrification of Third Avenue below 10th Street.
Should you be a local newbie freeholder just strolling by, the illuminated metal twists in the front window – a designer light fixture suggesting radioactive tulips – would surely stop you. But tonight, on my first tasting with friends, I see fork-tongued foodie first nighters ganged up at the bare black tables have left few spots free for curious walkins. Chatter gets magnified under the low ceiling. It will be noisy when the nomadic screamers move in but tonight, we can lean in and hear at least half of what we’re saying.
Lining up slices of sensational heirloom tomatoes on a thick toasted crostini with feta and arugula doesn’t make for easy bites of crostini but all the parts are delicious, as is the saltiness of Serrano ham played against the sweetness of fresh roasted peaches with shaved goat cheese in a mustardy sherry vinaigrette. But calamari are lost in too thick breading. Summer slaw piled on crab cake distracts from the simplicity of perfect crab. Agreed, the cake looks good, like Sarah the Warrior, with its cabbagey updo. Steamed mussels with sausage in a citrus broth is classic. And there is an elegant purity in giant prawns and sea scallops with cannelloni beans in a tangy shellfish broth. I’m discounting the failure to send out sauce spoons to a serving crew still in boot camp. While we wait for silverware I can scoop up a bit of these citric pools with mussel shells.
I can’t say that quite juicy smoked paprika dusted pork tenderloin or the chimichurri marinated hanger steak are flawed. It’s just that we had sensationally feisty hanger steak the night before at Morandi and the memory makes this version seem quite ordinary. Of course, I’m not surprised that a chef come of age in Flay’s aura overdoes on sweetness. And after all, this is Apiary. Personally, I hate honey as well as fruit vinegars in my vinaigrette. And I’m not going to be happy with sweet’n’sour fruit sauce tainting my spice crusted lamb. A side of spicy eggplant comes cold. That’s a surprise.
Blueberry compote turns out to be sticky purple streaks alongside goat cheesecake with lavender honey (yes, I hate lavender too). But the chocolate cashew tart with cashew ice cream is a hit and the vanilla ice cream on the peach crisp is just perfect. Not sweet at all.
Now how did that happen?
Though I’m betting East Villagers will be thrown by prices that would seem blissful in midtown, I’m not going to judge a chef with these credentials on just one dinner. It’s never easy to leave home and a protected adolesence. I want to believe that the man who Flay thinks is good enough to run his kitchens will grow into his own.
60 Third Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets. 212 254 0888
zz/ Bloomingdale Road: First Tastings
Bloomingdale Road
The menu is designed for the table to share,” our waiter at the new Bloomingdale Road
announces.
I look at the list of “snacks” just above “small plates and sandwiches” and “soup and salads.” “How many smoked deviled eggs on the plate?” I ask.
“Three,” he says.
“But we’re four.”
“You can always get two orders,” he responds.
“I don’t need six eggs.”
“Well, they’re big and you can cut them in half.”
“But then I’ll have six halves. How about the suckling pig meatballs?”
“Three,” he says grinning. “I could just bring you four anyway.”
“Bring us four and charge for the extra meatball,” I instruct. “And we’ll have four chowder shots too.”
This is not just another lineup of comfort food. It’s playpen time. It’s the homey and weirdo hour. We have chicken lollipops-Buffalo with blue cheese fondue. Country ham is roasted with Coca-Cola. Everyday fries? Not here. Smoked fries, Old Bay fries and bone marrow fries. The tuna ribs are chili and honey glazed. Country-fried quail comes with biscuits and gravy. This unquenchable exuberance and desperate need to fry up something not yet invented might be inspired by how many restaurants are in countdown phase all over town (especially Fatty Crab and Tom Valenti’s West Branch, imminent not far away on Broadway – which was once called Bloomingdale Road).
I wouldn’t be going into all this today if I hadn’t actually liked some of Chef Ed Witt’s dishes since, I must confess, I accidentally barged into Bloomingdale Road on its first night, thinking it had opened a week earlier. And I wasn’t the only trigger happy Upper West Sider piling in the door as if starved. The duplex, bar and sidewalk tables are jammed with yuppies and yippies, seniors and younglings in startling juxtaposition.
If I’d hated every bite I would have left the place to expire of terminal silliness and possibly come back eventually if it rallied, just to be fair. But the fabulous chowder shooters (not exactly drinkable in their shot glass – we had to ask for spoons), the sensational smoked fries with not-too-much cheddar and the Road Food Warrior’s whole wheat fettuccine with spicy shrimp, grilled squash and marjoram actually live up to Witt’s resume – Rubicon in San Francisco, Restaurant Daniel, Il Buco and the ambitious but doomed Varietal.
We’re all wild about the brioche baked in a tin can – “Watch out,” says the waiter, leaving a small ramekin of herb-black-pepper-honey doused butter. “That’s really hot.” Yoicks! I discover he’s not kidding as I try to pull the puffed-up top free from its baking tin, a lawsuit in a can in this litigious town. “Want more bread?” the runner asks. Even devout carbophobes want more. A second pouf comes in a burning hot ramekin (easier to extract without injury). “I’ll leave this used butter because we’re running short,” says the runner, the same guy who assures us the chowder shots are “chicken.” On the first night it’s almost amusing. (Even Sarah was amusing for 24 hours.) And the ancho-dusted scallops with corn and wild mushrooms are small but good (at least our fussy friend is impressed and her husband attacks the trout on chunks of potato slathered with horseradish cream with unabashed gusto).
The teeny suckling pig meatballs are lost in a smother of chipotle tomato sauce and not worth saving anyway. Mac and cheese Witt style is witless – macaroni cheese soup. It comes with a tripartite dish alongside sporting the crunchiest croutons I’ve ever tasted, bits of bacon and minced jalapeno. “You can run your macaroni over the condiments,” we are instructed. No. No. No. Impossible. (But save the croutons. They’re marvelous.) I’m not sure if it was something my grass-fed cow ate but the barely chewable strip steak smells and tastes spoiled. Still, those fries. The kitchen has them mastered. Well, I hope. Who knows what day 2 will bring?
More crowds, says Proprietor Jeremy Wladis, who knows the neighborhood’s consuming fervor from his two other ventures, Nonna (Columbus and 85th) and Campo (Broadway at 112th Street). But even he is reeling with the demand, walk-ins and reservations, “We fed 200 last night. We’re completely booked for the weekend.” And yes, the menu is still evolving. “We’ve been tasting the food for two months,” he confides, “but it’s one thing to do cedar roasted sockeye salmon for five tasters and another when every table is jammed. Some of our dishes are controversial. One table hates it. The next table loves it. You don’t know what to do.”
At six o’clock on the house’s fourth night Wladis just got handed the sixth version of the menu. I hope they’ll realize how mean it is to the middle-aged among us to have type that small and palest gray. “Order whatever you want me to eat,” our friend Harvey pleaded. “I can’t read the menu.” My guy passed him the flashlight.
Syrupy sweet apricot and bourbon glaze on brioche does not mean “bread pudding” in my book. And I probably should not have ordered peanut butter and jelly tart with marshmallow ice cream, although, like Elvis, I was once addicted to peanut butter and bacon with banana. I guess I’ve tossed that monkey off my back. This is my neighborhood after all. We’ll be back.
2398 Broadway near 88th Street 212 674 7400
Apiary:
Like a privileged first child in an ambitious family with excellent connections, Apiary has a top of the line nursery – slick modern design by partner Ligne Rosset, starring whimsical trompe l’oeil sconces and the company’s own sleekly squared side chairs upholstered in deep jewel colors – garnet, amethyst, graphite, cat’s eye, or shall I say, beet, eggplant, braised veal and chocolate. Managing partner Jenny Moon left Korea at 15 for this destiny – an American education, a degree in finance from Cornell’s hotel and restaurant school, then risk arbitrage on Wall Street, and finally, following her real passion to Restaurant Daniel’s skybox as Boulud’s executive assistant, finally, a stop at Eighty One, even while hatching Apiary.
With Moon as managing partner, Neil Manacle, Bobby Flay’s sidekick of sixteen years, at the stove and Cellar consultant Nick Mautone lining up the bottles (heavy duty alternative action in New York state labels and micro brews), Apiary brings remarkably good bones to the creeping gentrification of Third Avenue below 10th Street.
Should you be a local newbie freeholder just strolling by, the illuminated metal twists in the front window – a designer light fixture suggesting radioactive tulips – would surely stop you. But tonight, on my first tasting with friends, I see fork-tongued foodie first nighters ganged up at the bare black tables have left few spots free for curious walkins. Chatter gets magnified under the low ceiling. It will be noisy when the nomadic screamers move in but tonight, we can lean in and hear at least half of what we’re saying.
Lining up slices of sensational heirloom tomatoes on a thick toasted crostini with feta and arugula doesn’t make for easy bites of crostini but all the parts are delicious, as is the saltiness of Serrano ham played against the sweetness of fresh roasted peaches with shaved goat cheese in a mustardy sherry vinaigrette. But calamari are lost in too thick breading. Summer slaw piled on crab cake distracts from the simplicity of perfect crab. Agreed, the cake looks good, like Sarah the Warrior, with its cabbagey updo. Steamed mussels with sausage in a citrus broth is classic. And there is an elegant purity in giant prawns and sea scallops with cannelloni beans in a tangy shellfish broth. I’m discounting the failure to send out sauce spoons to a serving crew still in boot camp. While we wait for silverware I can scoop up a bit of these citric pools with mussel shells.
I can’t say that quite juicy smoked paprika dusted pork tenderloin or the chimichurri marinated hanger steak are flawed. It’s just that we had sensationally feisty hanger steak the night before at Morandi and the memory makes this version seem quite ordinary. Of course, I’m not surprised that a chef come of age in Flay’s aura overdoes on sweetness. And after all, this is Apiary. Personally, I hate honey as well as fruit vinegars in my vinaigrette. And I’m not going to be happy with sweet’n’sour fruit sauce tainting my spice crusted lamb. A side of spicy eggplant comes cold. That’s a surprise.
Blueberry compote turns out to be sticky purple streaks alongside goat cheesecake with lavender honey (yes, I hate lavender too). But the chocolate cashew tart with cashew ice cream is a hit and the vanilla ice cream on the peach crisp is just perfect. Not sweet at all.
Now how did that happen?
Though I’m betting East Villagers will be thrown by prices that would seem blissful in midtown, I’m not going to judge a chef with these credentials on just one dinner. It’s never easy to leave home and a protected adolesence. I want to believe that the man who Flay thinks is good enough to run his kitchens will grow into his own.
60 Third Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets. 212 254 0888
Save Money by Installing LED Downlights
Sean Coppom asked:
Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about lighting and its associated energy costs in their homes or businesses, but that would change quickly if they knew the benefits and savings provided by energy efficient lighting found on the market today. Enter the LED downlight, one of the best LED lighting solutions available and a prime example of how LED lighting is going to revolutionize the lighting industry. While not all current LED replacement bulbs live up to their claims, products like the Cree LR6 Downlight provide you with beautiful warm white light, an 85% energy savings over conventional incandescent bulbs and a 50,000 hour life span. That means it won’t need replacing for the next 20 years or more if ran for approximately 6-8 hours a day. The main question most people find themselves asking regarding LED downlights is, “Do the benefits justify the high cost?” The answer is a definite yes.
Let’s look at the cost savings of using an LED downlight such as the Cree LR6 more closely. Most conventional downlights use a standard 65-watt incandescent bulb and are run on a switch that typically contains several downlights. For this example we’ll say there are a total of six lights on a switch. On average, the cost to light just one 65-watt incandescent bulb for 50,000 hours is $325, so you find that six of them would cost $1,950 to operate over that time. Another factor we have to consider is the rated life of an incandescent bulb, which is typically 750-1000 hours. Assuming each bulb lasts the full 1,000 hours, we’ll need to buy 50 bulbs per fixture to get 50,000 hours of total run time. Multiply that by 6 fixtures and we’ll be buying 300 bulbs! If the cost per bulb averages $2 we’ll end up paying an additional $600 for a grand total of $2,550 to run six incandescent lights.
Now, what does the Cree LR6 cost to operate under similar circumstances? Amazingly, it runs on just 12 watts of power and uses 85% less energy than a 65-watt incandescent bulb. The energy cost to light one LR6 for 50,000 hours is only $60 on average. If we have six downlights then our total energy cost equals a paltry $360, with the added bonus of never needing to replace them. Currently the LR6 sells for around $90, so we’ll spend about $540 to install them (they can be installed as a direct replacement to standard downlights, no special tools needed) and our total cost will be $900 over the 50,000 hour period. That’s a huge savings of $1,650 over using 65-watt incandescent bulbs!
In case you’re wondering how a LED downlight compares to a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL), the LED downlight is up to 50% more energy efficient than a CFL, and also doesn’t contain mercury, a toxic material that requires special disposal and cleanup if a CFL bulb should break. One last benefit of LED downlights is they produce a much smaller amount of heat than traditional bulbs and will therefore help to reduce costs associated with air conditioning.
The only question left to ask is, “Where do I purchase LED downlights?” Online companies such as Polar-Ray (http://www.polar-ray.com) specialize in LED lighting solutions and can help you find what you need for your home or business. Online general lighting stores may stock LED lights but may not have the expertise or customer service to make sure you get exactly what you need. Currently it is even harder to find LED downlights at local retail stores and, when you do find them, the costs are usually higher than what you’ll find online.
Hopefully I’ve laid out a clear path to understanding the cost and environmental benefits of using LED lighting solutions like the Cree LR6 Downlight. The initial cost of purchasing this and similar products is insignificant when put into perspective, and the benefits to your pocketbook and the environment will be clearly seen and felt.
Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about lighting and its associated energy costs in their homes or businesses, but that would change quickly if they knew the benefits and savings provided by energy efficient lighting found on the market today. Enter the LED downlight, one of the best LED lighting solutions available and a prime example of how LED lighting is going to revolutionize the lighting industry. While not all current LED replacement bulbs live up to their claims, products like the Cree LR6 Downlight provide you with beautiful warm white light, an 85% energy savings over conventional incandescent bulbs and a 50,000 hour life span. That means it won’t need replacing for the next 20 years or more if ran for approximately 6-8 hours a day. The main question most people find themselves asking regarding LED downlights is, “Do the benefits justify the high cost?” The answer is a definite yes.
Let’s look at the cost savings of using an LED downlight such as the Cree LR6 more closely. Most conventional downlights use a standard 65-watt incandescent bulb and are run on a switch that typically contains several downlights. For this example we’ll say there are a total of six lights on a switch. On average, the cost to light just one 65-watt incandescent bulb for 50,000 hours is $325, so you find that six of them would cost $1,950 to operate over that time. Another factor we have to consider is the rated life of an incandescent bulb, which is typically 750-1000 hours. Assuming each bulb lasts the full 1,000 hours, we’ll need to buy 50 bulbs per fixture to get 50,000 hours of total run time. Multiply that by 6 fixtures and we’ll be buying 300 bulbs! If the cost per bulb averages $2 we’ll end up paying an additional $600 for a grand total of $2,550 to run six incandescent lights.
Now, what does the Cree LR6 cost to operate under similar circumstances? Amazingly, it runs on just 12 watts of power and uses 85% less energy than a 65-watt incandescent bulb. The energy cost to light one LR6 for 50,000 hours is only $60 on average. If we have six downlights then our total energy cost equals a paltry $360, with the added bonus of never needing to replace them. Currently the LR6 sells for around $90, so we’ll spend about $540 to install them (they can be installed as a direct replacement to standard downlights, no special tools needed) and our total cost will be $900 over the 50,000 hour period. That’s a huge savings of $1,650 over using 65-watt incandescent bulbs!
In case you’re wondering how a LED downlight compares to a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL), the LED downlight is up to 50% more energy efficient than a CFL, and also doesn’t contain mercury, a toxic material that requires special disposal and cleanup if a CFL bulb should break. One last benefit of LED downlights is they produce a much smaller amount of heat than traditional bulbs and will therefore help to reduce costs associated with air conditioning.
The only question left to ask is, “Where do I purchase LED downlights?” Online companies such as Polar-Ray (http://www.polar-ray.com) specialize in LED lighting solutions and can help you find what you need for your home or business. Online general lighting stores may stock LED lights but may not have the expertise or customer service to make sure you get exactly what you need. Currently it is even harder to find LED downlights at local retail stores and, when you do find them, the costs are usually higher than what you’ll find online.
Hopefully I’ve laid out a clear path to understanding the cost and environmental benefits of using LED lighting solutions like the Cree LR6 Downlight. The initial cost of purchasing this and similar products is insignificant when put into perspective, and the benefits to your pocketbook and the environment will be clearly seen and felt.
Green Light Ringtone – John Legend – Green Light Ringtone
Jim McEwan asked:
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The Green Light Ringtone by John Legend is one of the hottest ringtones in the United States right now and is an awesome choice for your phone ringtone. Green Light is the first single from John Legend’s album, Evolver. The song is produced by Malay and KP and features André 3000 of OutKast. The song was released as a single download on July 29, 2008. There is an official remix featuring T.I. with production by Swizz Beatz. Green Light has reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. It has also debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. A music video has been filmed and was released on August 22nd. André 3000 and Estelle both appear in the video along with Legend.
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The Green Light Ringtone by John Legend is one of the hottest ringtones in the United States right now and is an awesome choice for your phone ringtone. Green Light is the first single from John Legend’s album, Evolver. The song is produced by Malay and KP and features André 3000 of OutKast. The song was released as a single download on July 29, 2008. There is an official remix featuring T.I. with production by Swizz Beatz. Green Light has reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. It has also debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. A music video has been filmed and was released on August 22nd. André 3000 and Estelle both appear in the video along with Legend.
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Light Up your Holiday With LED Lights
Rick LeForce asked:
I read somewhere that people were expected to downsize their Christmas celebrations this year because of added home energy costs. Nonsense, when decorating your house, simply use LED lights inside and out and you will save money!
Let’s look at some comparisons between regular holiday lighting and LED’s.
Traditional incandescent bulb: 6 watts
Typical strand of 50 lights: 300 watts (.3 kilowatts)
Using the national average of 9.81 cents per kWh, this averages out at a cost of $4.50 over 30 days, if you run the lights for 5 hours per day. Multiply this by the number of strands you plan on hanging up for your total approximate usage cost.
Let’s compare this to the cost of using LED bulbs:
LED bulb: .08 watts
Typical strand of 50 lights: 4 watts (.004 kilowatts). Using the same parameters as for the regular lights, total usage cost for 30 days would be less than 6 cents.
Durability: LED bulbs also generate less heat than regular bulbs, giving them a life span of up to 100,000 hours. This translates to 10 times longer than fluorescents and 133 times longer than typical incandescent bulbs. They also don’t contain delicate filaments, and are not damaged as easily as regular bulbs. These features make the LED a safer form of lighting.
Cost : At one time these lights were over priced and hard to find, but now they are widely available, and the prices have dropped considerably. Although the purchase cost may be higher, the real savings is in the usage costs as explained above.
Light field: LED’s do not radiate light in 360 degrees as do the incandescent bulbs; they are more of a focused light. The light will be brightest wherever it is pointed towards.
Variety: Indoor and outdoor bulbs are available in a wide variety of colors and shapes for the holidays.
Safe use of your LED lights:
Make certain you are using the lights for their intended use, i.e. indoor/outdoor.
Do not connect standard light strings to LED light strings. This could result in power loss, damage or fire.
Understand your total wattage for each string and do not exceed this in your circuits.
Be sure to decorate your home this holiday season with this efficient, energy saving form of lighting.
I read somewhere that people were expected to downsize their Christmas celebrations this year because of added home energy costs. Nonsense, when decorating your house, simply use LED lights inside and out and you will save money!
Let’s look at some comparisons between regular holiday lighting and LED’s.
Traditional incandescent bulb: 6 watts
Typical strand of 50 lights: 300 watts (.3 kilowatts)
Using the national average of 9.81 cents per kWh, this averages out at a cost of $4.50 over 30 days, if you run the lights for 5 hours per day. Multiply this by the number of strands you plan on hanging up for your total approximate usage cost.
Let’s compare this to the cost of using LED bulbs:
LED bulb: .08 watts
Typical strand of 50 lights: 4 watts (.004 kilowatts). Using the same parameters as for the regular lights, total usage cost for 30 days would be less than 6 cents.
Durability: LED bulbs also generate less heat than regular bulbs, giving them a life span of up to 100,000 hours. This translates to 10 times longer than fluorescents and 133 times longer than typical incandescent bulbs. They also don’t contain delicate filaments, and are not damaged as easily as regular bulbs. These features make the LED a safer form of lighting.
Cost : At one time these lights were over priced and hard to find, but now they are widely available, and the prices have dropped considerably. Although the purchase cost may be higher, the real savings is in the usage costs as explained above.
Light field: LED’s do not radiate light in 360 degrees as do the incandescent bulbs; they are more of a focused light. The light will be brightest wherever it is pointed towards.
Variety: Indoor and outdoor bulbs are available in a wide variety of colors and shapes for the holidays.
Safe use of your LED lights:
Make certain you are using the lights for their intended use, i.e. indoor/outdoor.
Do not connect standard light strings to LED light strings. This could result in power loss, damage or fire.
Understand your total wattage for each string and do not exceed this in your circuits.
Be sure to decorate your home this holiday season with this efficient, energy saving form of lighting.
How to Make Good of Outdoor Solar Lighting Products
Muna wa Wanjiru asked:
Outdoor solar lighting products are used for outdoor lighting applications. Outdoor solar lighting products are suitable for gardens and landscapes. They are economical and easy to install. Most outdoor lighting products are made by stainless steel lights and solar garden décors. These products are safe and easy to use. They do not require wiring or electricity. They contain solar collector panels that convert sun light into electricity.
Outdoor solar lighting products are easily available in the market. They provide wide selection of solar lights and solar green lights. These light equipments are most popular in UK and Ireland. They can save energy and cost of customers. Solar panels, solar security lights, solar floodlights, car-parking lights are some common example of outdoor solar lighting products.
Outdoor solar lighting products are available in the market with economical prices; most ecommerce websites are offering some of the best available products. Some websites provide discount and free delivery of outdoor solar lighting products. These lighting products can detect your walk area and they can be used as wall or steps lights. They are based on highest quality standards. They can make your steps and walls classy and excellent. They are durable and reliable. They can make your steps safe and easy to use. These lighting products are organized according to their types. They are beautiful and affordable and most Outdoor solar lighting products are used in nighttime.
Outdoor solar lighting products are based on alternative source of energy and they are cheap and economical. These solar lighting products need very little technical attention this is a very good advantage of solar lighting products. ‘Most lighting products are available with solar powered outdoor lighting options.
Outdoor solar lighting products are attractive and enjoyable. They can save your valuable money and electricity. They need very little maintenance cost. They need to install at appropriate location to get essential solar radiation. Solar radiation is necessary for optimal charging of batteries. Outdoor solar lighting equipments do not need wiring and electricity for installation. They collect solar energy all the day and store it in batteries without any special equipment.
Experts or sales representative will help you to select proper location to install your outdoor solar lighting equipments. They will help you to install your Outdoor solar lighting equipment in such as way that it will get sufficient solar radiation.
The amount of light get from an outdoor solar lighting product will depend on the amount of time to recharge batteries. They are available in many stores with attractive discounts. .
Outdoor solar lighting products are used for outdoor lighting; they can make your home safe and attractive. Landscape professional will help you to select proper out door lighting equipments, this will help you to place your outdoor solar lighting equipment at proper location, and thus it will increase the attractiveness of your home and backyard. These lighting products are cheap and durable.
Security lighting, home lighting, warehouse lighting are some of the common applications of Outdoor solar lighting products.
Outdoor solar lighting products are used for outdoor lighting applications. Outdoor solar lighting products are suitable for gardens and landscapes. They are economical and easy to install. Most outdoor lighting products are made by stainless steel lights and solar garden décors. These products are safe and easy to use. They do not require wiring or electricity. They contain solar collector panels that convert sun light into electricity.
Outdoor solar lighting products are easily available in the market. They provide wide selection of solar lights and solar green lights. These light equipments are most popular in UK and Ireland. They can save energy and cost of customers. Solar panels, solar security lights, solar floodlights, car-parking lights are some common example of outdoor solar lighting products.
Outdoor solar lighting products are available in the market with economical prices; most ecommerce websites are offering some of the best available products. Some websites provide discount and free delivery of outdoor solar lighting products. These lighting products can detect your walk area and they can be used as wall or steps lights. They are based on highest quality standards. They can make your steps and walls classy and excellent. They are durable and reliable. They can make your steps safe and easy to use. These lighting products are organized according to their types. They are beautiful and affordable and most Outdoor solar lighting products are used in nighttime.
Outdoor solar lighting products are based on alternative source of energy and they are cheap and economical. These solar lighting products need very little technical attention this is a very good advantage of solar lighting products. ‘Most lighting products are available with solar powered outdoor lighting options.
Outdoor solar lighting products are attractive and enjoyable. They can save your valuable money and electricity. They need very little maintenance cost. They need to install at appropriate location to get essential solar radiation. Solar radiation is necessary for optimal charging of batteries. Outdoor solar lighting equipments do not need wiring and electricity for installation. They collect solar energy all the day and store it in batteries without any special equipment.
Experts or sales representative will help you to select proper location to install your outdoor solar lighting equipments. They will help you to install your Outdoor solar lighting equipment in such as way that it will get sufficient solar radiation.
The amount of light get from an outdoor solar lighting product will depend on the amount of time to recharge batteries. They are available in many stores with attractive discounts. .
Outdoor solar lighting products are used for outdoor lighting; they can make your home safe and attractive. Landscape professional will help you to select proper out door lighting equipments, this will help you to place your outdoor solar lighting equipment at proper location, and thus it will increase the attractiveness of your home and backyard. These lighting products are cheap and durable.
Security lighting, home lighting, warehouse lighting are some of the common applications of Outdoor solar lighting products.
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Grow Lights Will Help You Grow Award Winning Tomatoes
Kimberly Green asked:
Not every tomato enthusiast lives in Oklahoma with perfect tomato growing soil and beautiful sunlight able to grow tomatoes weighing in at seven pounds and twelve ounces (the current world record holder) so it’s important to set yourself for success if you wish to try your hand at in-door growing! Whether you plan on growing enough tomatoes to supply you through the winter months or you are in need of adequate lighting in a mid-sized green house, many urbanites are turning to artificial light sources designed specifically for growing plant life, otherwise known as grow lights.
The days of trying to position your plant racks on a windowsill in a futile attempt to catch light between the twenty-story buildings that have been strategically positioned to block all viable sunlight from your window are gone. With a small investment you’ll be set up to grow tomatoes in any room in your home. And you’ll be successful at it!
Lighting that’s suited for professional results usually comes in several pieces that require a small amount of assembly and it’s done that way so a grower can fit the right pieces together to suit their needs. First you need a lighting fixture. They come in a large array of sizes ranging from 2’ up to and surpassing 5’. Once you find a size that fits your needs you can tackle the ballast, which have an equally large amount of options for that custom growing experience. You can then cap everything off with a nice reflector to direct all that new light where it is needed the most; on your tomatoes.
If you are starting to feel a bit overwhelmed fear not: you can simply order up a grow light kit that fits your needs. These kits are offered mainly for those people who have less demanding needs and you’ll find them to be professionally built and more than adequate for the needs of the average grower. As with the individual parts that can be purchased, the kits have a very wide range of sizes and wattage to fit any application that you could possibly dream up!
With the lighting possibilities that exist today just about any produce or plant that requires large amounts of sunlight to grow can be successfully grown in-doors and with great success. After all, the largest tomato plant in the world currently grows in doors at Epcot Center In Disney World and has produced a record-breaking harvest of over 32,000 tomatoes.
Not every tomato enthusiast lives in Oklahoma with perfect tomato growing soil and beautiful sunlight able to grow tomatoes weighing in at seven pounds and twelve ounces (the current world record holder) so it’s important to set yourself for success if you wish to try your hand at in-door growing! Whether you plan on growing enough tomatoes to supply you through the winter months or you are in need of adequate lighting in a mid-sized green house, many urbanites are turning to artificial light sources designed specifically for growing plant life, otherwise known as grow lights.
The days of trying to position your plant racks on a windowsill in a futile attempt to catch light between the twenty-story buildings that have been strategically positioned to block all viable sunlight from your window are gone. With a small investment you’ll be set up to grow tomatoes in any room in your home. And you’ll be successful at it!
Lighting that’s suited for professional results usually comes in several pieces that require a small amount of assembly and it’s done that way so a grower can fit the right pieces together to suit their needs. First you need a lighting fixture. They come in a large array of sizes ranging from 2’ up to and surpassing 5’. Once you find a size that fits your needs you can tackle the ballast, which have an equally large amount of options for that custom growing experience. You can then cap everything off with a nice reflector to direct all that new light where it is needed the most; on your tomatoes.
If you are starting to feel a bit overwhelmed fear not: you can simply order up a grow light kit that fits your needs. These kits are offered mainly for those people who have less demanding needs and you’ll find them to be professionally built and more than adequate for the needs of the average grower. As with the individual parts that can be purchased, the kits have a very wide range of sizes and wattage to fit any application that you could possibly dream up!
With the lighting possibilities that exist today just about any produce or plant that requires large amounts of sunlight to grow can be successfully grown in-doors and with great success. After all, the largest tomato plant in the world currently grows in doors at Epcot Center In Disney World and has produced a record-breaking harvest of over 32,000 tomatoes.