Oct
23
LED Outdoor Lights For Low Running Costs
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LED lights have several benefits when used for garden and landscape lighting, including:
- they are low voltage and energy efficient. In other words they throw out a lot of light for not much electricity in.
- they are versatile and so can be used for a variety of outdoor lighting solutions.
The good news is that the purchase costs of LED outdoor lights are starting to drop quite fast now. This is excellent news because they are also very energy efficient so the overall cost of ownership is falling.
LED lights can be used for ambient lighting, floodlighting, walkways in fact for most applications. Other LED outdoor lighting lighting applications include:
- BBQs & Tables
- Artworks
- Day Beds
- Water Features
- Paths/Decks/Stairs
- Trees & Plants
- Pool Landscapes
The benefits of LED landscape lighting include:
- You can reduce your energy bills with up to 90% savings and lower the amount of C02 emissions being emitted into the environment
- They are low voltage lights, typically running at 12 volts so there is NO SHOCK HAZARD
- They have a long life with no changing of globes for several years - LED light life is approx. 15 - 22 years
- Because LED light is cool, there is no more burning of foliage, pets, fingers, timber structures etc
- LEDs have low installation costs due to the reduced number of transformers required and ability to use lower cost cable
- LED lighting works well with solar installations.
