The types of lights available out there are mind boggling. You have fluorescent , incandescent and now LED . Track lighting with halogen, xenon bulbs and regular incandescent . LED are available for these also
I'm just finishing up a job for a home owner who is going to mostly LED lighting . I installed the flood lights today and I must say they are impressive although at this point in time very expensive . I did take some Amp readings on various circuits prior to doing the work just for my curiosity . The 4 lighting circuits I pre-checked are as follows:
Circuit 1- 13 Amps before installing LED lighting after? 3 Amps
Circuit 2-11.5 Amps before/after 3 Amps
Circuit 3-10.75 Amps before/after 2.5 Amps
Circuit 4 14.0 Amps before/after 2.75 Amps
He will save a heck of a lot on his monthly electric bill and these LED's have a 100,000 hour life so he won't be buying any bulbs any time soon.
It will also help with summer cooling cost because they don't generate any heat
But with everything there's always a trade off . His bill for my work is 8,000 bucks and half of that is the cost of the lighting so at what point will he break even and actually start saving money?
I'm convinced that LED's are soon to be the norm ,They'll be getting rid of the CFL's soon because of the gas in them fluorescents will be next. as consumers start to buy them in quantity you'll see the price of LED lighting come down considerably .
David
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