Everything You Need To Know About LED Lights

LED is a semi-conductor light source which is produced in a variety of shapes and sizes. In this article, we have gathered different information as to the usage, type, advantages, and disadvantages of LED lights so we could impart more useful information to our customers.

Usage of LED:

LEDs are now widely used as stage light, aquarium lighting, backlighting for LCD television, laptops, DLP projectors, cell phones, aviation, airport and heliport lighting, LED art, glow stick, traffic lights, exit signs, emergency vehicle lighting, ships lantern, submarine and ship bridges, astronomy observatories, military field use, Christmas lights, stadium displays, message displays, freezers and other stuffs. Basically, you can see them almost everywhere.

Aside from visual purposes, LEDs are also used for:

1. Communication- Gives faster response times when used in communications devices
2. Sensor- Infrared LEDs are widely used as barcode scanners, remote controls etc.
3. Light matter interaction e. g. sterilization, UV curing, LED printers and grow lights to increase photosensitivity.  They have also found LED panel lights as useful to grow food in space on long duration missions.

Also, weather radio receivers with Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) also use three LEDs: orange for watches, red for warnings, and yellow for advisories & statements whenever issued.

·    Types:

1. Miniature LEDs - Different sized LEDs. 8 mm, 5 mm and 3 mm, with a wooden match-stick for scale.
2. High power LEDs - This can be set in an array to form a powerful LED lamp.
3. Mid-range LEDs - They are most commonly used in light panels, emergency lighting and automotive tail-lights.

·    Advantages:

1. Brightness can be customized
2. Doesn’t burn out quickly when turned on/off frequently
3. Emits color
4. Easily dimmed
5. Faster switching
6. Gives faster response times when used in communications devices
7. Gradual failure by dimming first compared to the abrupt burn-out of incandescent bulbs
8. Greater durability and reliability
9. High efficiency. Typical lifetime is 25,000-100,000 hours but heat and current settings can extend or shorten lifetime.
10. Improved robustness of light
11. LED light output increases at cold temperatures
12. Lower energy consumption with usually no more than 30-60 milliwatts of electrical power.
13. LEDs don’t contain mercury which are toxic.
14. Smaller in size
15. shock resistant

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