Mobile Mechanics.

Are you looking for a good quality, high brightness portable inspection lamp that won’t flatten the battery?

Then you should consider this 10 watt LED 900 lumen portable floodlight. Waterproof, dustproof and shockproof it is housed in an I.P. rated stylish aluminium shell and comes complete with bracket, 6kg force magnetic base, 3 metre lead and a 12V Car Power Outlet.

This exceptionally bright (900 lumen) and robust lamp is ideally suited for Mobile Mechanics where good illumination is required on certain areas.

Specifications.

 Wattage : 10W

Emitted Colour : Cool White

DC Forward Voltage (VF):10~ 12 V DC                     

DC Forward Current (IF): 1000 mA

Reverse Voltage (VR): 5V

Reverse Current (Ii): 50uA

Viewing Angle: 160 Degree

Intensity Luminous (Iv): 900 LM

Chromaticity:10000-12000K

RoHS

 Available from :-

The LED ShopUK

www.theledshopuk.com

sales@theledshopuk.com

Do you own a biOrb aquarium with the 12V MR16 halogen lamp kit?

Lighting performance not great is it?

Why not Upgrade to a much higher performance LED bulb?

Changing to the superb Cree MC-E 6 Watt LED will make an incredible difference to the tank illumination.

Here we have the biOrb 60 with the 6Watt Cree MC-E LED Lighting Upgrade.

The Main Advantages.

High Luminosity  with a Luminous Flux of 360 Lumen

Much Greater Light Penetration making it fantastic for Marine set ups.

Good Colour Rendering with a CRI of >75

Colour Temperature (Cool White) 5700K~7000K

Extremely economical to run – used 8 hours per day = £1.75 per year

Long lifespan of 35000 hours plus (12 years plus @ 8 hours per day)

Runs Cool

Straight Retro fit into the biOrb halogen MR16 Fitting.

Ecologically Friendly – No UV/IR and no nasty chemicals such as Mercury to dispose of.

Available now from The LED Shop UK 

www.theledshopuk.com

 LED Lighting Upgrade.

A new LED lighting package which has now been released by The LED Shop UK will be of interest to those Aquarists who have the Fluval Edge 23 litre Orange/Black/Pewter aquarium and who wish to improve on the current lighting set up which consists of two 10 Watt halogen MR11 bulbs.

This arrangement, for illumination purposes relies solely on the narrow beam angle of the halogen spotlights and as a result, the light is concentrated on two very specific areas within the centre of the tank.

The upgrade kit – available from The LED Shop UK – consists of two 1 Watt high power Cree LED bulbs (available in Cool White or Warm White).

Supplementing these retro-fit bulbs are two quality 1.65 Watt 15 cm Light Bars. Fabricated in Aluminium and each containing six PLCC 50-50 high quality LEDs, each Bar giving out a luminous flux of 110 lumen.

The Light Bars are fed by a 240VAC in / 24VDC out plug in Driver which is included in the kit along with all the necessary leads, connectors and in-line switch. 

The upgrade kit is very simple to install with error free connections and comes with a full set of instructions.

The beam angle of the Light Bars at 110° affords a more even spread of light throughout the tank whilst the 1 Watt LEDs highlight the central area.

Another major advantage of this upgrade to LED lighting is the superior Colour Rendering Index (C.R.I.). This gives a much more natural and ‘sharper’ appearance to the Aquarium. 

There is very little heat generated by the LED set-up, the halogens by comparison run extremely hot.

The total luminous flux from Cree (cool white) LED Bulbs and Light Bars is 460 lumen.

This equates to having 40 – 50 Watts of halogen light in the tank.

Two and a half  times that which is put out by the halogen bulbs!

 The running costs of the Upgrade Kit are minuscule, costing an incredibly low 3.7p per day when run for 8 hours! That works out at only £1.34 per year!

The lifespan of the LEDs is 35,000+ hours. Approximately 30 times longer than the halogens! 

This is a high quality LED package which will provide years of pleasure to the serious Aquarist who wishes to enhance this very stylish and aesthetically pleasing Tank. It is suitable for Tropical and Marine/Reef set-ups.

 As we all know reducing our carbon footprint is essential for the future of our planet and when one considers energy saving lighting solutions, LEDs are the way forward. This LED package uses almost one fifth of the energy required to power the halogen bulbs and at the same time produces a much greater luminous flux and a far superior light quality with no harmful UV or IR.

This LED Lighting arrangement is superb for marine setups with excellent light penetration.

Here is a marine set up utilising the Upgrade Kit

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope that it has proved useful to those serious Aquarists who want to achieve a cost effective, balanced and ecologically friendly solution for their Tank lighting.

For further information on the Upgrade Kit go to www.theledshopuk.com

 Also check out the video on YouTube accessible from the above link.

 It’s a LED World!

Save Money. Save Energy. Save our Planet!

I would like to announce the recent arrival of a fantastic LED downlight bulb to the range at The LED Shop UK. 

This is the 6 Watt Cree MC-E MR16.

A superbly engineered and very high quality super bright LED.

Encased in a pure aluminium housing and delivering a luminous flux of 360lm for cool white and 330lm for warm white.

Combined with this it has all the usual ecological benefits that LED technology has to offer, maintaining a high colour rendering index and a good beam angle design, making it a world leader in LED downlight production. 

For further details and information on the 6 Watt Cree MC-E MR16 please go to www.theledshopuk.com

The amount of electricity that has to be generated to power a LED bulb compared to that of an ordinary light bulb or a halogen downlight is very small.

This is obviously of benefit to you financially because of the energy savings, however it is great for the environment as your carbon footprint is reduced accordingly.

Interestingly, when we consider the two most popular and successful electrical energy micro-generation methods, solar and wind, they can be combined extremely efficiently with LED lighting and can provide free light from 100% sustainable and natural resources.

Whilst it is appreciated that it is not practical for everyone to generate their own electricity at the present time, it is obvious that LEDs are the way forward for us all given the cost, the amazing longevity and the fact that they do not produce environmental contamination unlike C.F.L.s, Tungsten/Halogen and Phosphorous based lamps.

It’s a LED World!

Thanks for reading my blog and should you require any further information on LED Lighting or you would like to review my quality LED Bulbs and products please visit my website at www.theledshopuk.com

Easily LED

The standard office lighting generally in use in the UK today is of the fluorescent tube variety. Technically these tubes and associated luminaries are termed Category 1, 2 or 3 and are designed to direct light downwards away from VDU screens.

Unshielded as these luminaries are, they concentrate the light pattern and the Ultra Violet (U.V.) spectrum that is emitted by the tubes in this downward direction and on to the skin of people who happen to be in that vicinity.

The main components of Ultra Violet radiation are UV-A and UV-B.

The generally held opinion amongst the specialists is that UV-B is responsible for the majority of skin cancers such as melanomas.

U.V. radiation is a major contributor towards skin ageing by chronic cell damage. Also wrinkling of the skin along with collagen damage and ‘sagging’ can all be attributed in some degree to U.V. radiation.

It is fair to say that exposure to the sun is generally accepted as the main cause of premature ageing, however it is being suggested that constant exposure to fluorescent tubes is also a contributory factor.

In a report by the International Commission on Illumination it was suggested that the human mortality risk in the UK from the use of fluorescent tubes is 30 deaths per year. Although this risk is small, it is avoidable.

The main concern is that anyone who has to work or study for lengthy periods of time under unshielded fluorescent lighting, has no control over their environment. This is likely to become a major health issue in the very near future which needs a solution.

The solution is of course LED Lighting. This is the future of lighting throughout the world. By 2020 it is forecast that 90% of all lighting will be LED.

There is a comprehensive range of LED tubes on the market right now. Most are retrofit and need little or no modification to the fluorescent fitting. There are many benefits with LED tubes :-

1/ They do not emit UV radiation

2/ They do not contain harmful substances that need careful disposal.

3/ They run cool.

4/ They are economical to run and reduce the carbon footprint and your bill!

5/ They do not ‘flicker’ and therefore do not cause the associated problems.

6/ They have a great longevity – up to 50,000 hours (15 years at 10 hours per day.) Will not need replacing every few months like fluorescents!

Should you require any further information regarding replacement of your existing fluorescent tubes or just LED Lighting in general, please go to our website at www.theledshopuk.com . If you require advice or a quotation please contact us at sales@theledshopuk.com and we will respond by email or telephone.

Save Energy – Save Money – Save Planet Earth!

I am constantly asked this question where LED’s are concerned. How many downlights and at what Wattage or more accurately Lumen do I need in a given room.

There are scientific methods for accurately calculating the amount of light required in a specific location, however these are long winded and complicated and take into account many variable factors such as wall colour etc.

The best ‘rule of thumb’ method I’ve come across is what I call the

‘Total Lumen’ method.

This takes the area of the room in square feet and multiplies by a factor known as ‘footcandles’ this has a fixed value for this purpose of 30.

Therefore in a typical modern kitchen of say 12 feet x 10 feet we get :-

120 x 30 =3600 Lumen

Using our 6 Watt MR16 Bulb in cool white @ 400 Lumen  

3600 divided by 400 = 9 Downlights

I hope you find this useful and should you require any futher information about LED lighting please visit my website at www.theledshopuk.com where you will also find a range of high quality LED bulbs that use LED packages from Cree, Nichia and other world renowned manufacturers.

Concerned about global warming and climate change?

Serious about reducing your carbon footprint?

Many solutions, whilst being commendable are just not practical.

However there is a solution that is not only good for the environment but good for your pocket and your health! – ‘Switch’ to LED Lighting.

Please allow me to explain:-

LED’s are the way forward for our future lighting needs. However the average person seems to be ‘in the dark’ when it comes to LED technology. (Please excuse the pun).

I would like to attempt to put the facts before you in layman’s terms and hopefully persuade you to consider switching to this wonderful green technology.

What is a LED?

A LED is a light emitting diode. In essence they are used to produce light in a very efficient and cost effective way, saving energy and at the same time protecting the environment! There are many advantages to LED lighting which I will now try to explain.

Energy Saving.

LED’s can save an enormous 85% of the electricity used by traditional incandescent bulbs. They can also save up to 50% of electricity used by CFL’s and fluorescents.

LED’s run cool.

An incandescent bulb converts most of the energy it uses into heat which is usually wasted. In fact in certain circumstances this can cause an even greater use of electricity where in certain locations air conditioners are employed to control the ambient temperature.

Cost Saving.

As an example, the typical 35 Watt halogen downlight bulb that many of us have in our homes, running for 5 hours per day and 365 days per year, would cost £6.37 in running costs in one year. Now a suitable LED replacement of 5 Watts would cost a staggeringly low 91p per year to run requiring only 1/7^th of the electricity.

Light Quality

This can be defined by two main parameters – Colour Temperature and Colour Rendering. These can be quite complex however I will try to simplify the definitions of each parameter.

Colour Temperature.

This has nothing to do with heat from the lamp but the shade of white that is required i.e. Warmer or Cooler. Warmer shade is towards the ‘redder’ end of the spectrum whist Cooler is towards the ‘Bluer’ end.

Colour Rendering.

This measured on an index scale – CRI (colour rendering index) which is an indication of the bulbs ability to produce ‘natural light’ and make the colours look true.

The scale is graded 0-100 and the closer to 100 the more natural the light. A typical fluorescent tube has a CRI of 72 whereas a typical quality LED has a CRI of 92.

Still on the subject of light quality it has to be said that from a health perspective the use of LED’s heralds a new greener age for human friendly illumination. Recent medical research has revealed the dramatic effect of light quality on the general health and longevity of humans and also, animals. LED’s have a very clear and beneficial advantage over conventional lamps.

Longevity.

LED’s have a very long lifespan compared to conventional bulbs. Up to 50,000 hours of useable life. Used 5 hours per day for 365 days per year would amount to a lifespan of 27+ years!

LED’s tend not to just ‘fail’. They grow dimmer towards the end of their useable life. A good quality LED from Cree – a top manufacturer will still produce 70% of its maximum output even after 50,000 hours of use!

Environmentally Friendly

Now here is a great reason to switch to LED’s.

We are all very much aware that we need to protect our planet and our environment sooner rather than later. By switching to LED technology we can significantly reduce our carbon footprint.

A recent report from the U.S. Dept. of Energy estimates that, by 2025 LED lighting alone will have eliminated a massive 258 million tonnes of carbon emissions!

Affordability.

This is one of the main concerns when considering LED bulbs. It is correct to say quality LED bulbs are not cheap. Quality LED package production is not a cheap process however the ongoing cost savings are enormous.

An average quality LED downlight will set you back around £20 whereas a decent 35 Watt halogen will cost only £2. Now over a period of say 15 years the halogen would cost £30 in replacement costs plus £81.90 in running costs giving a combined total of £110.90 – not including any labour charges where applicable and not allowing for inflation.

The LED by comparison would cost only £33.65.

This surely has to be a great investment for health, wealth and the environment.

Thank you for reading my blog and for further information on LED’s please visit my website www.theledshopuk.com where you will find a range of quality LED bulbs and other LED products.