2011年1月19日 星期三

Time for bright switch

Time for bright switch

Rashmi Khatri is an astrologer. She recently renovated her office in Delhi, dividing it into two compartments— one for showcasing gemstones and other for attending clients. For the showroom space, she wanted adequate lighting without increasing the electricity bill. She chose imported light emitting diodes, or LEDs.Bart is allowed into the house where he curls up on the couch before led lamp the wood stove. However, no matter how cold it gets at night without the rain, snow or a gale, he seems to prefer to guard our home from his dog house which is heavily lined with a bedding of soft pine shavings. Every now and then,

LEDs have been hailed as the future lighting source. They are three times more efficient than Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL). A three-Watt LED can replace a 10-Watt CFL or a 40- Watt incandescent bulb. But an LED costs Rs 800 and upwards compared to a 100-rupee CFL or a 10-rupee incandescent bulb. Apart from the high cost, LEDs are not popular because there are no defined performance standards for them in India. One in five bulbs sold in India is a CFL; LEDs account for only eight per cent of total lighting.during the fall months when our trees display the fullness of their breath Led lamp taking beauty through splashes of beautifully colored leaf arrangements, bathed within a brisk, sun filled autumn afternoon air.

Khatri is unsure if the LEDs she bought will run for 50,000 hours as claimed by the seller. A CFL lasts for 6,000 hours and an incandescent bulb has a life span of 1,200 hours (see ‘Visibly efficient’, Down To Earth, August 31,The Tess 7W and 9W LED Light Bulbs. These light bulbs produce the same brightness as 40W and 60W standard light bulbs led lights respectively, but use less than 20 percent as much electricity. 2009).

For Dinesh Kumar Gupta, a lighting shop owner in Delhi,The KMC top brass were divided Led strip light when an MNC approached them to adopt the latest technology for street lighting. While mayor Sovan Chatterjee welcomed the change,Where to recycle a fluorescent bulbs after it burns out; experience with popular LEDs imported from Taiwan has been bittersweet. “After I replaced CFLs with LEDs in my house the electricity bill dipped from Rs 6,000 to Rs 4,000. However, the lights stopped working after six months,” he said. Gupta now regrets making the switch.

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