LED light bulbs for just $4.95

The 200-Lumen Pharox BLU LED light bulb has an estimated lifespan of 10 years, paying for itself in no time!

Liquid cooled LED lights

Jetson Greene

Switch Lighting, creator of the only LED that uses liquid cooling technology, is on the cusp of a breakout year in 2012. The Switch bulb creates the same warm color of an incandescent, yet it’s made with reclaimable or recyclable materials using the Cradle to Cradle methodology. Inside the bulb is [...]

Should incandescents be outlawed?

Pharox 60 watt LED

Andrew Rice writing in the NYT bemoans the passing of the incandescent light bulb, saying light from them is perfect, that LED manufacturers are still furiously trying to duplicate the beauty of incandescent light, and this is the sad end of a noble era.

He has a point. For example, [...]

Say hello to the future of lighting. The GE LED

The 9 watt GE LED replaces a 40-60 watt incandescent, has a limited warranty of 10 years, and is rated for 22 years. Wow.

The odd-looking heatsink helps send light downwards and to the side. It’s expensive now, $50, but in a few years Wal-Mart will be selling them by the millions and the [...]

LED light fixtures replace wi-fi

The municipal offices of St. Cloud, Minnesota are the first in the country to install a visible light communication system in place of Wi-Fi. The system, which uses LED fixtures to connect office computers to the internet, is saving lots of energy, and the city of St. Cloud lots of money on energy bills.

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Next-gen LEDs

Toshiba LED E-CORE. They no longer make incandescents

Earth2Tech profiles 5 LEDs about to hit the market. They aren’t cheap, $40-50 each, but then CFLs were expensive at first. These LEDs sip power and last six times longer than a CFL.

Will LED light bulbs replace CFLs?

Pharox LED Bulb

Dimmable LED bulbs that use tiny amounts of power, last for 25 years, and contain no toxic substances are just coming on the market now. Yes, they are quite expensive. So were CFLs at first.

I wonder, will CFLs be seen as a transitional product and be replaced by LEDs?

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