LED Lighting

Posted by Jacob Santos on July 28, 2009

The pricing for OLED lighting coming out next year is going to be fairly prohibitive for the common folk, albeit probably lower wattage for the same amount of light. I believe that by the time I’m at the point where it makes since, with what I can afford, the LED lighting that I’m going to buy instead would have burned out. I believe now that LED lighting is at the price where it is affordable to buy. I’ve seen a 3 watt (sadly, it is probably around 150 Lumens, which won’t light shit) for $10 each. I’m thinking the $50 each (or $46 each for 8 pack) lighting which is rated at 100watt should be fine.

I’m be sure to check. I’m going to buy a $10 light for my desk lamp and see how bright that is. However, if it isn’t light enough (and most likely it will not), then I’ll have to go for the 8 pack which will run me around $370. The good news is that I’ll never have to change those light bulbs for the lifetime I’ll be in the house. That is something neat, because if I’m paying that much, then it damn well better last a long time.

It will be nice I believe, depending on how bright the lights actually are. At 12 watts for each, most of the rooms will be using less than one 60 watt incandescent light bulb. I have 3 rooms and the living room which has recessed lighting fixtures (12 or 16 of them). I believe at the most I’ll be able to get LED lighting for my two bed rooms and wait on the living room and kitchen. I won’t be in those two very often and will use CFLs in the living room and kitchen.

At some point in the future, I plan on probably replacing the CFLs with OLED lighting or with LED lighting if at which time the CFLs burn out and OLED lighting is still expensive. Still, people are saying that the prices of LED lighting is going to come down further because of advancements in the technology. I believe if that is the case in three or four years when the CFLs burn out, that I’ll be able to afford buying a the LED lighting.

The best part is that the lifetime is rated for about 15 to 17 years at 8 hours a day for LED lighting. I don’t believe I’ll be using the living room and kitchen very often, therefore the CFLs should last for as long as I can afford more LED light bulbs. Or at least, I can slowly replace them over time as I get the money. I think supplying the bedroom, office, and maybe the bathroom with LED light bulbs should suffice. The bad news is that I’ll only be saving around 4 to 8 watts verses CFLs, since I was planning on using 16 to 20 watt CFLs.

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