Leedax Lighting Technologies

Vatva, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Nows the right time to switch to LED Bulbs, LED bulbs have made significant advances over the last few years; finally delivering the warm light incandescent have comforted us with for decades. Because there are so many LED varieties, choosing an LED Bulbs is entirely different from picking up an incandescent. Before you head to the store, find out what you need to know about choosing the right LED bulbs.

Lumens, not wattsForget what you know about incandescent your watts are no good here. When shopping for bulbs, youre probably accustomed to looking for watts, an indication of how bright the bulb will be. The brightness of LEDs, however, is determined a little differently.

Contrary to common belief, wattage isnt an indication of brightness, but a measurement of how much energy the bulb draws. For incandescent, there is an accepted correlation between the watts drawn and the brightness, but for LEDs, watts arent a great predictor of how bright the bulb will be. (The point, after all, is that they draw less energy.)For example, an LED bulb with comparable brightness to a 60W incandescent is only 8 to 12 watts.

But dont bother doing the math there isnt a uniform way to covert incandescent watts to LED watts. Instead, a different form of measurement should be used: lumens.

The lumen (lm) is the real measurement of brightness provided by a light bulb, and is the number you should look for when shopping for LEDs. For reference, heres a chart that shows the watt-lumen conversion for incandescent and LEDs.

Low voltage (12VDC or 12VAC) standard household or medium base screw-in 12 volt dc LED light bulbs. The ST-DC bulbs have a semi-frosted glass or plastic globe and produce a clean white light with no shadows, rings, blotches or other coloration. The 12 volt dc LED light bulbs can be used in boats and in regulated solar applications where 12 VDC or 12 VAC is the power source