240V LED Light Bulbs
240V LED Light Bulbs
Find out more about 240 Volt LED lightbulbs and spotlights
lightingAt present replacing existing inefficient
incandescent light bulbs with
CFL bulbs is the best way to reducing wastage of electricity. However, recent developments in
LED technology have brought the day closer when
LED light bulbs will be cheap and efficient enough to make them common in homes and offices. They are already the best
energy efficient option for
spotlights offering longevity, reliability, and financial benefits.
LED Light Bulbs
LED's are very cheap to manufacture, are very efficient, and typically last for around 50,000 to 100,000 hours (5-10 years continuous use) which is far in excess of CFL and incandescent light bulbs, however LED bulbs suffer from one major disadvantage:
* Each individual
LED sends light out in a very
straight line whereas an incandescent or CFL bulb sends light out equally in all directions.
Therefore an LED bulb must be made up of a large number of individual LEDs; and even then, they are still only really suitable for directional lights - i.e. as
spotlights over kitchen work surfaces, or for desk lighting.
NEW - Click here to view our article on the new 3.4 Watt
Pharox 240V LED Lightbulb designed to replace a standard
40 Watt incandescent bulb.
240 Volt LED Spotlight Bulbs
240V LED spotlights can be used to replace existing halogen spotlights and downlighters with fantastic
energy savings. A 25 Watt
halogen spotlight for example can be replaced with a 2 Watt LED spot light bulb
saving electricity and also running far cooler than its halogen equivalent. The LED bulb will also last many times longer than the halogen bulb which will make up for the initial extra expense.
Note that LED spotlight bulbs can typically NOT be used with dimmer circuits. Attempting to use a dimmer with an LED bulb will considerably shorten its life.
NEW We now stock
pure brilliant white 240 Volt LED spotlight bulbs in the
REUK Shop. The bulbs (pictured above) are rated at just over
1 Watt power consumption, have an expected operational lifetime of
50,000 hours, and have a standard
GU10 type fitting (typical of the halogen spotlight bulbs they are designed to replace). 20 high quality
20,000 mcd ultrabright pure white LEDs provide the illumination.
White LED Spotlights
The light from
LED spotlights is very different from the warm colour provided by halogen bulbs. It is either very white, or white with quite a strong bluish tinge (with the cheaper quality
white LED spotlight bulbs) which can take a little getting used to.
The image above shows an
experiment comparing the light from a 240V 50W halogen spotlight costing £1 (light shining upwards) with that from a cheap (and nasty) 240V GU10 1 Watt
15 LED spotlight bulb (£4 inc VAT plus delivery).
Article Last Modified: 11:34, 20th Aug 2007
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