The Kelvin rating of an LED bulb seems like a pretty innocuous, straightforward bit of information. In reality, it's important, as it can be quite helpful during the bulb purchasing process.

Traditional incandescent bulbs typically produce about 13.5 lumens per watt, while LED bulbs produce 75 to 100 lumens of light per watt of power. LED bulbs use only ~0.01 kilowatts per hour (kWh).

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Today’s LED lights offer warm colors, smart connections-- and higher prices than old incandescents. That's what makes it so disappointing when they suddenly fail after a year or two of use even ...

We have probably all seen the marketing blurbs on packaging and elsewhere promoting the amazing lifespan of LED lighting solutions. Theoretically you should be able to install a LED bulb in a fixtu… ...

A city in the metro Atlanta area is set to receive an upgrade to the lighting. The city of Tucker partnered with Comcast ...

So if a cheaper LED lasts 50,000 hours, and an incandescent bulb lasts 5,000 in a best-case scenario, that's still 10 bulbs you'll need to purchase and install compared to one LED.

Teardowns of various LED light bulb flavors are consistently among the most popular pieces I write. This, I think, is a to-date complete list (not counting LED illumination sources that aren’t ...

The lamp may contain a high-thermal-conductivity gas (helium) blend to better conduct heat from the LED filament to the glass bulb. The LED filaments can be arranged to optimize heat dissipation. The ...

A decade ago, LED bulbs cost $35 each, compared to $1.25 for an incandescent, but even with that high initial cost they promised savings over the bulb’s lifetime. That LED light would cost only ...