LED - A WORD OF INTRODUCTION

LED bulb (from light-emitting diode ) is a light source based on light-emitting diodes, placed in a typical housing that allows use in luminaires designed for traditional incandescent lamps. The white light-emitting diode, which is a light source in LED lamps, usually consists of a blue light-emitting diode and a phosphor. It emits light with a wavelength of around 450 nm. This blue light is stimulated by a phosphor that is placed in the diode housing. The phosphor emits yellow-green light which, mixed with the blue light of the diode, gives white light. Depending on the chemical composition of the phosphor, it is possible to obtain light with different color temperatures. LED bulbs can give a warm, cold and neutral color of light. The basic advantages of LED lamps are their much longer durability - 150,000 hours, or about 15 years compared to the ordinary light bulb -2 years - which creates a huge contrast. Besides, LED bulbs are characterized by greater efficiency, much less heating, no dependence of color temperature on light from the voltage that powers the bulb, and in the case of RGB lamps - gives an additional opportunity to obtain any color of light without the help of colored filters. Higher efficiency of lamps makes using LED lighting equal to a low operating price - the return on investment of replacing traditional lighting with LED lamps can last less than 1 year, and the savings that will come with it will be (when used for an average of 5 hours) about 50 PLN per year for a 60-watt bulb (the equivalent is about a 10watt LED lamp) and about PLN 90 a year for a 100-watt (about 15-watt LED lamp)
Another very important advantage of LED lamps
It is the lack of ultraviolet radiation harmful to human eyesight and skin, which is characteristic of compact fluorescent lamps, which also contain mercury that is harmful to the environment and humans. Another advantage of LED lighting is its unquestionably high color rendering index, which is even 93 CRI, which makes the light seem as natural as normal or halogen bulbs (100 CRI) - thus - do not falsify colors. In favor of LED lighting also speaks to the possibility of choosing any color temperature that suits the user. LED lamps are insensitive to frequent on/off cycles - making them an ideal alternative to places where light is often and briefly turned on - e.g. in a toilet or lamp with a motion sensor. Also, bulbs and LED lamps are characterized by an extremely short (<1second) firing up a time to obtain the maximum (100%) brightness. 

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