LED bulbs, what you should not do
Solve your doubts and know the entire LED bulbs catalog that we have in Greenice.
In this category you can find all the types of bulbs that we offer you to illuminate any room and learn everything you need to know about LED bulbs.
Here you are a small collection of tips that we must take into account when installing a LED bulb.
1 Problems with LED bulbs?
The extensive useful life of the LED bulbs compared to traditional bulbs. Although the hours of life that stipulate in the descriptions are 30,000 to 50,000 hours, in general, they are certified hours under laboratory conditions. Therefore, circumstances can be given where these hours are not reached. To achieve or approach these hours we must take into account the following points that we tell you below.
2 Temperature effect
Temperature is one more influential factors in the useful life of LED technology. Both the ambient temperature and the internal temperature of the components is crucial in life hours. A considerable increase in temperature inside the components can reduce the useful life to less than half. This follows that a good LED product must have a dissipator, always sized depending on the heat generated by the luminaire (the more power the luminaire has, the greater heat it is generated and the better it has to be the dissipator) and of a material That is able to evacuate all this heat.
3 Intensity effect
This can be the most unknown to beginners in the use of LED technology, but not for them less important. The increase in the intensity that circulates within the electronics of the bulbs can significantly reduce their life and produce some failures such as the Flash in the bulbs LED. Therefore, a good design of the internal electronics of the components will cause intensity values to be maintained in optimal operating values, a fact that will guarantee a long useful life.
4 Manufacturing defects
The manufacture of LEDs is based on the use of high purity semiconductors. How it is impossible to obtain a totally pure one, there is always a minimum percentage of impurities that will affect the useful life. Another very important factor is the design of the internal electronics of LED bulbs. In 75% of cases when an LED "melts" the failure comes from internal electronics and more specifically from the driver. This may be due to working temperatures higher than recommended that welds or capacitors can fail, which cause a waterfall failure. As a conclusion, we can indicate that the 30,000 hours of life offered by manufacturers is only part and that to make good use of these components, the factors set out in this post must be taken into account. In this way, we can approach the life hours extracted from the tests carried out by the manufacturers.