In recent years,LED becomes pop star among light variety,people began to change their home lights into LED light and throw away their old rusty fluorescent lights. What so special about these LED light that keep people attract to it, Lets find Out.
Now lets look about the good old fluorescent light specification and design.
So in this fluorescent light design,got ballast or auto transformer which give high voltage to starter to flick the light to open and glow. This means the light works in high voltage condition. Even it's work in high voltage condition there's benefits and some drawbacks.
Advantage
1.Can last longer than LED light
2.Parts easily can be change
3.Can fix in flat and rough surface.
Disadvantage
1.Complex wiring circuit,requires skill technician to do it
2.Cables get burns by overheating ballast that occur when light ON for long duration
3.Very hard to find the source of the problems when light didn't work properly.
4.Tube light glass easily broken and harmful poison gas release from it.
5.More power consumption
6.More parts require for light installation
7.No energy efficient
In some cases,you can smell the cables burns and trip the circuit breaker when the cable gets damaged. That's the reason some fluorescent light get spoiled quickly draws more power comsuption. The solution for this problems is place a thermal insulation for cable which sits beside the ballast for protect the cable get heat.
Here comes the LED light which is simple and easy to install and the wiring is easy than the fluorescent light. But it also have some benefits and drawbacks too.
Advantage
1.Simple installation
2.Easy wiring (Depends On Light Design)
3.Built in mini AC-DC converter
4.No harm to people by broken light glass.
5.Comes with dimmable or non- dimmable
6.Less power comsuption
7.More Brighter
8.Less parts needed for light installation
9.Energy efficient
Disadvantage
1.Light works in Hours rate
2.Tube light easily will break
On thing if you notice in LED tube light label is the hour rate and the luminosity. LED tube light comes with various types of design and models,so every LED light specification is different.
Lets take this model for an example, 15000 Hrs is the life span for the light. The K unit is stand for Kelvin is the unit of temperature. Which refers to light temperature gives out the desire light color. When light comes closer to 150000 hrs, you will see the light will flicker or it will turn into purplish color which indicate the light going to die soon and need to change new one.
Finally this is the reason why LED tube light is become people champion although Fluorescent tube still excellent in some purpose. But still fluorescent light use in UV lights, Hi Beam Mercury light, Rooftop spot light and so on.
ELECTRIFYING FACT OF THE DAY
DON'T THROW FLUORESCENT TUBE LIGHT CAUSE YOU STILL CAN USE THE CAPACITOR IF INSTALL AND BALLAST FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND APPLICATION. ALSO CAN SELL TO SCRAP AND EARN SOME BUCKS :P