Using  LED lights is one way of conserving energy. LED stands for light emitting diode.  LED’s can be used in combination with solar light fixtures to make them even more healthy for planet.   An LED light by itself is in very useful when it comes to lighting are living spaces.  This is because LED’s are very small and produce a very small amount of light by themselves.  Fortunately for us, manufacturers have discovered ways of combining many LED lights in unique configurations to produce enough usable light for our needs.

A single LED light fixture that is capable of producing enough usable light for our daily needs is made up of several small individual light emitting diodes.   If you have ever seen the pomegranate fruit, you have a basic idea of what and an LED light bulb might look like.  Just like a pomegranate has all of the individual seats closely packed next to each other, an LED light bulb has all of its individual light emitting diodes packed neatly together.  Manufacturers have also figured out a way to use reflective materials in LED light bulbs to focus and concentrate the light that is being produced by the light emitting diodes.

The most common type of light bulb that we use is an incandescent 60 W bulb.  Energy conscious people who choose to use LED light bulbs, can purchase LED bulbs that produce as much light as an incandescent 60 W bold but only use about 10 W or less of the actual electricity.

Another advantage in using LED’s in solar lighting systems is that since they’re so energy efficient, the battery that powers the solar light will last much longer than if you were using an incandescent light bulb for the same fixture.

The downside of using LED light bulbs is that they cost more to purchase initially.  Although the initial cost is more than an incandescent light bulb, they are so energy efficient that they quickly pay for themselves.   They also last much longer than an incandescent lasts lasts.

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We may not all be in the position to convert our homes to be powered by solar panels.  But most of us can utilize solar light fixtures.  We can utilize solar panels in outdoor solar lighting, solar garden lights, solar utility lights, solar pond lights, solar driveway markers, solar porch lights, and more.

Every day manufacturers are coming up with more and more types of solar lights.  I hope to cover everything that you are looking for here but if there’s something that I’ve missed please feel free to e-mail me at greenjimmyjoe@yahoo.com.  I’ll be happy to answer all your emails and update my website according to the requests that I receive.

This website is about solar lights but there are so many other things that each of us can do to make this world a better place for us to live in and for our children to inherit. Some things I’d like to just plant in your mind for you to think about are:

• Look for every chance that you can during the day to recycle.  You would be surprised how often this is.  Take a second before you throw that “trash” in the trash can.  You may be surprised that it’s not actually trash at all.  Many times what you think this trash, is actually the raw material for a new product that’s waiting to be manufactured.
• Look around your house for a items that can be unplugged.  Many people don’t know that simple electronic devices like cellphone chargers, video game chargers, VCRs, DVD players, televisions, stereo systems, and more use electricity while they are turned off.  This process of stealing electricity when we think the power is turned off is called “vampire” or “phantom” loads.  We can save an enormous amount of electricity as a planet by simply unpluging these devices when not being used.  The simplest way is to connect all of these devices to a power strip and when you are not using them during the night or while you are at work, simply turn the switch off on the power strip.

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Jimmy