The Rise Of Residential LED Lighting In South Africa

Anyone who owns a home nowadays knows a little something about LED Lighting – but few people are aware of just how popular, advantageous and revolutionary LED lights are. From governments to environmental groups, there is a huge and growing advocacy for LED lighting as the future of lighting itself, with many businesses and industries having already invested heavily in the cost saving and environmental benefits only LED technology can provide.

The benefits of choosing LEDs over the standard halogen, incandescent, CFL or fluorescents are stark and many. To start with, LEDs use roughly a tenth of the electricity required by most alternatives while lasting many time longer with life spans as long as 100,000 hours. The one and only downside to LEDs is that they require some bucks to purchase being the most expensive lighting choice. However, as an investment, your LED lights will end up paying for themselves relatively quickly while providing you with massive savings of the usual high costs of electricity, replacement and maintenance for many years.

The end of the 20th century saw the end of cheap energy. It’s gone and won’t return until some new and revolutionary method of generating energy is invented and made available to all. Until then, we are going to see much of the same – escalating electricity and fuel prices. The hard fact has forced businesses to become more energy efficient to simply survive while they also take into consideration curbing any negative environmental impact their lighting needs have on the environment. Homeowners are now seriously starting to consider the same route for the same reasons.

LED Lights help to save on the “cost” to the environment where other lighting technologies continue to add more. They emit no UV radiation, contain no mercury and produce only a tiny amount of heat. They are therefore safe to use and dispose of or recycle once their very long life spans are up. For every 6W LED Downlights for example that you use, you’ll burn through at least 10 x 50W halogen lights to produce the same light over the same time period while using about ten times the energy.

So what LED lights should you consider getting for your home right away? LED Downlights and LED Bulbs are some of the most popular additions for residential lighting as they can simply be plugged or screwed into the very same fittings that house halogens or normal incandescent lights. Your LED supplier should offer the most popular fittings for AC and DC applications, with a wide range of socket types from the Edison screw types (e27 and e14) to the GU10 and MR16 (12V). What’s more is that there are numbers colour variants, dimmable options and lens types to choose from.

The move to residential LED Lighting is very much underway and many homeowners are saving huge on electrical, maintenance and replacement costs. Buying LED lights is a real investment for a growing number of homeowners that are not only becoming more energy independent and energy efficient – they are also playing their part in protecting the environment through a greener lifestyle.

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