Comments for Ultra LED BLOG http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk the ULTIMATE online LED resource Sun, 20 May 2012 07:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on NEW G4- bulbs by Ian http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/11/new-g4-bulbs/#comment-4 Ian Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:21:32 +0000 http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/11/new-g4-bulbs/#comment-4 LEDS are not the same and may never match "conventional bulbs" exactly-there is always a trade off. If you like conventional bulbs why change? LEDS are not the same and may never match “conventional bulbs” exactly-there is always a trade off. If you like conventional bulbs why change?

]]> Comment on NEW G4- bulbs by robpow http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/11/new-g4-bulbs/#comment-2 robpow Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:48:48 +0000 http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/11/new-g4-bulbs/#comment-2 I would like to start replacing halogen and other bulbs with LEDs but so far I have not seen an LED bulb that can be used for normal lighting around the house without looking blueish or yellow. Apparently the current generation of LED bulbs only cover just over half the visible light spectrum whereas an incandecent buld covers 95% of the visible spectrum. When will get LEDs that match current light sources? MP I would like to start replacing halogen and other bulbs with LEDs but so far I have not seen an LED bulb that can be used for normal lighting around the house without looking blueish or yellow. Apparently the current generation of LED bulbs only cover just over half the visible light spectrum whereas an incandecent buld covers 95% of the visible spectrum. When will get LEDs that match current light sources?

MP

]]> Comment on Health Issues of Low-Energy Bulbs - Reports Unscientific by admin http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/06/health-issues-of-low-energy-bulbs-reports-unscientific/#comment-1 admin Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:57:48 +0000 http://www.ultra-leds.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/06/health-issues-of-low-energy-bulbs-reports-unscientific/#comment-1 The BBC has updated it's website again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7172662.stm It seems the the majority of the coments made to date have been directed at Fluorescent lights ... rather than LEDs. Kevin Verdun of the Lighting Association said: "Fluorescent strips, like the ones used in garages and kitchens, also contain mercury and have been used for many years without poisoning anyone." The BBC has updated it’s website again:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7172662.stm

It seems the the majority of the coments made to date have been directed at Fluorescent lights … rather than LEDs.

Kevin Verdun of the Lighting Association said: “Fluorescent strips, like the ones used in garages and kitchens, also contain mercury and have been used for many years without poisoning anyone.”

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