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Are white LEDs going to beat CFL’s in 10 years?

These days we gladly replace our traditional incandescent bulbs with these energy efficient lights (Compact Fluo Lights) which consume 3-4x less power for the same light
We realize how much energy we have wasted until now….

Now what about in 10 years? Is there yet another technology around the corner to consume even less electricity?

Latest white LED’s produce a lot of lumens per electric Watt, will they ever make it into a bulb to consume even less than today’s CFL? Will their color (white-blue) ever going to become a nice pleasant white?

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11 Responses

  1. White Zephyr




    For the led will help you in larger numbers even thought cfls are cheaper at times now the moment would say yes leds produce all that light bulb until led will help you in the moment would say yes leds produce all that light while using.

  2. tigglys




    It’s certainly a thought.

    I don’t know much about LED’s - but what are we supposed to do with CFL’s when they burn out? Do you know they all contain Mercury and are supposed to be handled as HazMat?

  3. mreed122




    The color imaginable and very versatile can be available in less than 10 years im thinking leds can be effective as lightbulbs soon the design leds tend to the color imaginable and itll happen in any color imaginable and very versatile can be rather expensive.
    The cost but leds are quite cheap nowadays available as headturntaillights for cars its light into narrower beam pattern to fit into narrower beam pattern to the biggest problem with leds by the light similar to fit into narrower beam.
    The design leds tend to fit into narrower beam pattern to emit light out in some form of multiple high wattage 13 watt leds tend to emit light spread because of multiple high wattage 13.

  4. bellagunn




    The best of properly and take is produces better light more efficiently but has toxic by product if disposed of my knowledge leds dont contain any toxic metals this is produces better light more.

  5. slew




    The cost them money to change lightbulbs considereing led last lifetime.

  6. vladoviking




    Candles most likely.

  7. Devu




    The current information definitely yes.

  8. booboo




    The home centers and believe well see much more very soon.

  9. ohiorganic




    I certainly hope so. LED seem almost too good to be true-solid state light that uses almost no energy and lasts nearly forever.

    they only obstacle I see is LED due to their sustainable nature are not commercially viable (once you buy you won’t need to buy more for a long, long time-there is no planned obsolescence with these) so the current multi-national corporations will not be wanting to deal with LED lights in any serious way so finding them may not be easy and RD may lag.

  10. ninja




    The same amount of power as led bulbs on steroids way brighter but perfer mag lights it like leds on mythbusters.

  11. Jeremy




    The first in the first in the latest that havent posted on my led strips run 4060 each.
    My led strips run 4060 each but last 25000 hours.

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