LED Basics: Choosing and Using the Magic Light

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  • LEDs
  • are
  • an
  • astounding
  • new
  • invention
  • that
  • will
  • soon
  • replace
  • almost
  • all
  • other
  • light
  • sources
  • on
  • the
  • planet.
  • Because
  • they’re
  • unlike
  • the
  • light
  • bulbs
  • you’ve
  • known,
  • choosing
  • and
  • using
  • them
  • successfully
  • requires
  • a
  • new
  • set
  • of
  • skills
  • and
  • knowledge.
  • Patented
  • by
  • a
  • GE
  • engineer
  • in
  • 1962,
  • LEDs
  • were
  • such
  • an
  • astounding
  • invention,
  • other
  • engineers
  • in
  • the
  • company
  • called
  • them
  • "the
  • magic
  • thing."
  • Originally
  • used
  • as
  • tiny
  • red
  • dots
  • to
  • indicate
  • a
  • device
  • was
  • turned
  • on,
  • it
  • took
  • another
  • 20
  • years
  • to
  • figure
  • out
  • how
  • to
  • make
  • LEDs
  • in
  • other
  • colors.
  • And
  • more
  • time
  • to
  • make
  • them
  • brighter.
  • All
  • those
  • problems
  • have
  • been
  • solved
  • now.
  • They
  • use
  • about
  • one-tenth
  • the
  • electricity
  • to
  • produce
  • the
  • same
  • brightness
  • incandescent
  • lights
  • would.
  • They
  • don't
  • get
  • hot,
  • so
  • they
  • don't
  • increase
  • air
  • conditioning
  • costs.
  • And
  • their
  • life
  • expectancy
  • is
  • 30
  • to
  • 40
  • times
  • longer
  • than
  • standard
  • light
  • bulbs.
  • They
  • have
  • a
  • few
  • limitations,
  • and
  • you
  • should
  • know
  • more
  • about
  • them
  • before
  • you
  • start
  • converting
  • your
  • lighting
  • to
  • LEDs.
  • That's
  • what
  • this
  • book
  • is about.
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