What difference does it make to use Pure Light LEDs™?

• Efficiency: Pure Light LEDs™ bulbs are the most efficient way to turn electricity into light.

• Color: Unlike traditional lighting methods which require color filters, LEDs emit colored light at its source. This is more efficient, saves money, and can lower initial costs.

• On/Off Time: Pure Light LEDs™ light up very quickly achieving full brightness in microseconds.  Other lighting, notable CFLs and florescents, require significant time to warm up.

• Cycling: Pure Light LEDs™ are ideal for use in applications subject to frequent on-off cycling.  This offers the user a clear advantage over fluorescent lamps which burn out more quickly when cycled frequently or HID lamps that require a long time before restarting.

• Dimming: Pure Light LEDs™ can very easily be dimmed.

• Cool Light: Pure Light LEDs™ radiate very little heat due to their effeciency in converting electricity to light.

• Lifetime: Pure Light LEDs™ have a relatively long useful life. Many of our products are rated to last 50,000 hours though time to complete failure may be longer. Fluorescent tubes typically are rated at about 9,000 to 15,000 hours, depending on the conditions of use, and incandescent light bulbs are rated at 1,000 hours from lifetime to failure. Solid state devices such as LEDs are subject to very limited wear and tear if operated at low currents and at low temperatures. Many of the LEDs produced in the 1970s and 1980s are still in service today. Typical lifetimes quoted are 25,000 to 100,000 hours, but heat and electrical current settings can extend or shorten this time significantly.

• Shock Resistance: Pure Light LEDs™, being solid state components, are difficult to damage with external shock, unlike fluorescent and incandescent bulbs which are fragile and typically will break when you drop them.

• Toxicity: Pure Light LEDs™ do not contain mercury, unlike CFLs and other fluorescent lamps.

LEDs:  A Friend to the Enviroment

Carbon Footprint

A single kWh of electricity (coal fired) will generate 1.34lbs of CO2 emissions. Assuming a light bulb is on for 10 hours a day, a single 100 watt incandescent bulb will generate 490 lbs of CO2 every year.  The 13 watt LED equivalent will only be responsible for 63 lbs of CO2 over the same time span. A building’s carbon footprint from lighting could be reduced by 87% by exchanging out all incandescent bulbs with new Pure Light LEDs™.

Recycling

As of June 2009, no recycling programs exist for incandescent bulbs, so continuing to use them instead of making the switch can produce 50 times more waste when compared to the LED alternative. LEDs are also completely non-toxic unlike the compact florescent, a.k.a. CFL which contains traces of harmful mercury.

A friend to the Pocketbook

Even though LEDs have a higher purchase price, LED light bulbs are a cost effective option for lighting a home or office space because of their very long lifetimes, their low energy consumption, and their cooler operating temperature.

Illustration of the cost of using a single Incandescent, CFL, LED (at current market price) and an LED (at estimated price within a couple years) each year over the span of a decade.

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