Why LED?

LED solutions outlast incandescent and halogen bulbs up to 35 to 1, drastically cutting maintenance costs and reducing the amount of landfill waste.

LED lights consume 85% less energy than incandescent bulbs of the same brightness and 50% less energy than fluorescent bulbs.

LEDs have a higher color rendering, so colors are more vibrant: objects have better dimension and definition.

When considering the total cost of ownership (including energy and maintenance costs), LEDs far surpass incandescent or halogen sources and begin to threaten compact fluorescent lamps.

What is the difference between High Powered LEDs and other types of LEDs?

Different types of LEDs vary greatly in brightness. The wattage of an LED bulb is a better measure of its light output. The typical light output for the current generation of standard white LEDs is about 30 lumens per watt. However, the newest powerful LEDs from Cree are in a different class with output up to 65 lumens per watt. Just three of these big LEDs can output as much light as 100 or more standard LEDs. LED COOL LIGHTS "Bin Matches" their LED's up to 100 "Bins" per color. This means all of your LED's are perfectly color matched, to the trained eye and by computer.

What are the advantages of LED over traditional lighting?

Incandescent bulbs - LED lights use up to 85% less energy, emit a better light color, and outlast incandescent bulbs 35 to 1.

Halogen – LED loses only 5% of its energy in heat dissipation while 90% of a halogen's energy is wasted in heat generation. Also the light temperature of LED is 4700 K, close to daylight temperature of 5500 K, while halogen is 3400 K. The near daylight temperature created by LED lights results in less eye fatigue.

Fluorescent – Not only does LED beat fluorescent bulbs in energy efficiency, using only half the energy to produce the same light, LED lights do not contain mercury that is found in fluorescent lighting. LEDs also offer a higher light quality than flourescent bulbs. LED COOL LIGHTS is the manufacturer of all of their LED products, which allows us to control our cost from factory to end user.

What is a Lumen?

A lumen is a unit of standard measurement used to describe how much light is contained in a certain area. Lumens are part of a group of standard measurements known as the photometry group, which measures measure different aspects of lights. This group also includes such units as the candela, which measures luminance, and the lux which measures illuminance. Strictly speaking, a lumen is defined as one candela multiplied by one steradian, which can be expressed as 1(lm) = 1(cd) X 1(sr). A related unit of measurement - although not part of the standard units - is the foot-candle, which is often used in photography and film. To really understand what a lumen is, it is important to understand these units: the candela, the foot-candle, the steradian, and the lux.

What is an IP Rating?

The IP Code defined in international standard IEC 60529 classifies the degrees of protections provided against the intrusion of solid objects, dust, accidental contact, and water in electrical enclosures. It consists of the letters IP (for "international protection rating", sometimes also interpreted as "ingress protection rating") followed by two digits and an optional letter. The standard aims to provide users more detailed information than vague marketing terms such as "waterproof." The digits ('characteristic numerals') indicate conformity with the conditions summarized in the tables below. Where there is no protection rating with regard to one of the criteria, the digit is replaced with the letter X.

First digit

The first digit indicates the level of protection that the enclosure provides against access to hazardous parts (e.g., electrical conductors, moving parts) and the ingress of solid foreign objects.

Second digit

Protection of the equipment inside the enclosure against harmful ingress of water.