Pharox 240V LED Lightbulbs
Pharox 240V LED Lightbulbs
New 240V LED lightbulbs which can be used in place of standard incandescents
lighting | newsUntil now the only practical alternative to inefficient
incandescent lightbulbs has been
CFL Bulbs which are four times more efficient and last about ten times as long as standard bulbs. However rapid developement of
240V LED Spotlight technology has finally led to a
240V LED bulb which can be used directly in standard light fittings.
The
Pharox LED Lamp (pictured above) has been developed by
Lemnis Lighting and can be used for general illumination rather than as a focussed spotlight. The first bulb in what will soon be a range is a
3.4 Watt model which can be used as a direct replacement for a standard 40 Watt incandescent lightbulb (or a 10 Watt
CFL bulb) providing a warm low-level natural light with a standard Edison screw fitting. The lifetime of this bulb is more than 50,000 hours - equivalent to 35 years if used for 4 hours per day.
Pharox and the Environment
Compared to existing LED light technology the
Pharox is also more environmentally friendly since it does not use
phosphor. Containing just eight electronic chips its manufacture will be responsible for less toxic chemical and heavy metal emissions into the atmosphere than the manufacturing process of an equivalent
CFL bulb - bulbs which also contain
toxic mercury.
Using less than one-tenth the electricity of an incandescent the financial savings possible and the reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions are dramatic - particularly because more than 10% of domestic electricity usage at present is for lighting and double that in commercial settings.
LED Bulb Costs
The
Pharox is currently priced in Holland at €23. While the initial cost of the bulb is far in excess of that of incandescent and CFL lightbulbs, over the full life cycle they will provide great savings both in electricity used and replacement costs. As technology moves on and similar LED bulbs start to be mass produced prices should fall enormously.
LED Lamp Usability
This
LED bulb is equivalent to a 40 Watt incandescent - a very low-level lightbulb which is not used very often. When LED bulbs equivalent to the ubiquitous 60W and 100W incandescents become available they will be far more useful and usable in and around the home.
Related Links
Here is the
Lemnis Lighting Press Release to announce details of the
Pharox LED Lamp, and here is the official
Lemnis Lighting website.
Article Last Modified: 08:24, 23rd Feb 2007
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