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We are often asked what makes LED lighting so much better than the standard lighting used for ages to light our homes for the holidays. LED stands for Light Emitting Diode, thus LED. It has been said that an incandescent bulb is a better source of heat than light. I am sure anyone who has touched an incandescent bulb that was on or just turned off would strongly agree. LED bulbs burn brighter. They are rated for 60,000 hours in most cases and most importantly, they do not generate heat like an incandescent bulb. Thus they greatly reduce any fire hazard.
We carry LED lighting in mini-lights, rope lighting and C-7 & C-9 bulbs. Our C-7 & C-9 retrofit bulbs will fit into your existing strands.
Cost of these lights has been an issue but one should keep in mind that the LED lighting uses approximately 1/7 the power of the standard Christmas or Holiday lighting. The best light expectancy on standard Holiday light strands is 3,000 hours. Comparably speaking you could purchase as many as 20 strands of regular lighting before a strand of LED lights burn out or you have to replace an LED C-7 or LED C-9 lamp.
The C-7 and C-9 incandescent lamps are easily breakable with glass capsules and some colors are very susceptible to UV rays. If you drop the bulb on a hard surface the glass will break. You have a filament inside the bulb that can be broken as well. The LED C-7 & C-9 Retrofit lamps are hard to destroy. The capsule is a hard plastic and the diodes can handle rough treatment as well.
The diodes burn in the true colors. Blue bulbs have blue diodes. Red have Red Diodes. But an incandescent lamp has a filament and a painted glass cover.
Most people don’t seem to understand that standard rope lighting has glass incandescent lamps inside the PVC rope. The bulbs will break just like any other glass bulb and the rope lights will go out in sections. You have less of a chance with LED rope doing that because a Diode is hard to break. Plus, in rope lighting, the color of the rope comes from the PVC rope not the lamp. The lamps are clear. In LED rope lighting both the PVC and the diode are the same color or the bulb is strong enough in brightness to color the PVC whatever the diode might be.
Soon LED will be standard for Holiday and Christmas Lighting.
We carry LED lighting in mini-lights, rope lighting and C-7 & C-9 bulbs. Our C-7 & C-9 retrofit bulbs will fit into your existing strands.
Cost of these lights has been an issue but one should keep in mind that the LED lighting uses approximately 1/7 the power of the standard Christmas or Holiday lighting. The best light expectancy on standard Holiday light strands is 3,000 hours. Comparably speaking you could purchase as many as 20 strands of regular lighting before a strand of LED lights burn out or you have to replace an LED C-7 or LED C-9 lamp.
The C-7 and C-9 incandescent lamps are easily breakable with glass capsules and some colors are very susceptible to UV rays. If you drop the bulb on a hard surface the glass will break. You have a filament inside the bulb that can be broken as well. The LED C-7 & C-9 Retrofit lamps are hard to destroy. The capsule is a hard plastic and the diodes can handle rough treatment as well.
The diodes burn in the true colors. Blue bulbs have blue diodes. Red have Red Diodes. But an incandescent lamp has a filament and a painted glass cover.
Most people don’t seem to understand that standard rope lighting has glass incandescent lamps inside the PVC rope. The bulbs will break just like any other glass bulb and the rope lights will go out in sections. You have less of a chance with LED rope doing that because a Diode is hard to break. Plus, in rope lighting, the color of the rope comes from the PVC rope not the lamp. The lamps are clear. In LED rope lighting both the PVC and the diode are the same color or the bulb is strong enough in brightness to color the PVC whatever the diode might be.
Soon LED will be standard for Holiday and Christmas Lighting.
