Monthly Archives: May 2023

LED Basics: Everything you need to know about LED Lighting for your home and business.

LED is an acronym meaning ‘Light Emitting Diode’. This diode turns electrical energy into light, a diode is an electrical component that only works in one direction. It emits light when electricity flows through in one direction, from the Anode (positive side) to the Cathode (negative side). Due to this uni-directional system, LED Bulbs require less electricity to light and are much more energy efficient at producing more lumens compared to conventional light bulbs. LED lighting products produce light up to 90% more efficiently than incandescent light bulbs. LEDs typically do not “burn out” or fail. Instead, they experience ‘lumen depreciation’, wherein the brightness of the LED dims slowly over time. LED “lifetime” is established on a prediction of when the light output decreases by 30 percent. LEDs are “directional” light sources, which means they emit light in a specific direction, unlike incandescent