LED Replacement Bulbs

LED replacement bulbs, for LED home lighting, represent another huge step in lighting technology, and offers an environmentally friendly way to save a huge amount of money on your electric bill every month.

Most people have heard of compact fluorescent bulbs, and many have changed their household bulbs to the CFL technology. When a 60 watt incandescent light bulb can be replaced with a 15 watt CFL bulb, there is obviously a lot of money to be saved, especially considering that the CFL bulbs also last must longer than their incandescent counterparts. However, CFL bulbs aren’t all good. One problem is that compact fluorescent bulbs contain mercury. We all know that mercury is extremely harmful for the environment, and also toxic for humans, so the disposal of used CFL bulbs becomes a problem. Unfortunately, many people don’t take the necessary precautions when disposing of CFL bulbs.LED-Replacement-Bulbs-Image

LED home lighting on the other hand, is the most environmentally friendly form of lighting other than natural sunlight. LED replacement bulbs are manufactured with no hazardous materials, thus offering a path to save an incredible amount of money on your household lighting, but doing it in a responsible manner. Just how much can be saved by using LED replacement bulbs ? Taking the aforementioned 60 watt incandescent bulb, we said that a CFL bulb will put out the same amount of light while consuming only 15 watts. An LED replacement bulb however, will only consume about 7.5 watts while also putting out the same amount of light!! The LED replacement bulbs will also last much longer then even a CFL bulb.

When you start to figure the amount of money saved over the life of the LED replacement bulb, the numbers become somewhat staggering and make the decision to use LED replacement bulbs an obvious one.

This should put everything into perspective when considering LED replacement bulbs. Throughout the life of a single LED replacement bulb, you would have disposed of up to 50 incandescent bulbs, and even 5 of the mercury-tainted compact fluorescent bulbs, and remember, the LED replacement bulb is only using a fraction of the electricity.

Also, we all know that incandescent bulbs must be handled with care to avoid breakage and to prevent the filament from breaking. CFL bulbs are also subject to getting broken and becoming a hazard. LED replacement bulbs, being a solid-state device, won’t shatter if dropped, and of course, there is no filament to break.

So, are there really any drawbacks to using LED home lighting ? Only one – presently is somewhat expensive, but the cost should not be prohibitive. Even at today’s higher prices, you can still realize savings of hundreds of dollars per bulb over the life of the bulb, so it really shouldn’t even be a choice. As the manufacturing becomes less expensive though, the savings will be even greater.

Even if you have to replace one incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulb at a time, LED home lighting should be in your eco-friendly plan.

Programmable Thermostats

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We mentioned LED replacement bulbs to start saving a lot of money on your utility costs. Everyone should start using LED home lighting even if you have to buy one bulb at a time.

We also recommend getting a tankless hot water heater as soon as you can possibly afford it. The advantages are many, including of course, the return on investment.

Another great way to save some major cash is to install a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats are simple to install and they are really inexpensive.

Heating and cooling your home is most likely the greatest utility costs that you have. Somewhat like heating your water with the now antiquated large tank water heaters, most people heat and cool their homes 24/7/365, depending on the season of course, whether they are at home or not.

Programmable thermostats are such a simple devices, but installing one will be one of the best things that you do in an effort to become more eco-friendly. The great thing about programmable thermostats, tankless hot water heaters, LED home lighting and some of the other things that you can do to conserve energy is – you’re doing something really good for the planet, but you can easily cut your utility bills in half!! Should you get really serious about it you can save even more.

If you decide to add a solar power system later on, you could very well be producing much more electricity than you’ll need, so you can be one of the lucky few that get to watch their electric meters spin backwards, and have the utility company paying you.

The programmable thermostat shown above is a Lux TS9000TX 7 Day Touch Screen Programmable Thermostat. It is priced a little higher than some of the programmable thermostats on the market, but it is still very affordable. When you put the money that you will save into the equation, there’s really no argument for not buying one. When we looked up the Lux TS9000TX 7 Day Touch Screen Programmable Thermostat on Amazon, there were 142 customer reviews, and it had 4.5 stars – pretty darn good I’d say. Once you get that many reviews on a product, there is almost never 5 stars. Read the rest of this entry

Tankless Hot Water Heaters

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Obviously, LED replacement bulbs are one of the quickest and easiest ways to start saving a large amount of money on your electric bill. You can replace a light bulb in seconds, so there’s no installation costs or headaches. They are still fairly expensive, but when they draw such a minute amount of electrical energy and last as long as they do, the return on your investment is excellent.

Another way to conserve energy in your home, and save a lot of money in the process, is by installing a tankless hot water heater – also known as an on-demand water heater. As with replacing all of the incandescent or compact fluorescent bulbs throughout your house requires an initial investment, so does installing a tankless hot water heater, but again, it’s money that is very well spent. Tankless hot water heaters take up very little space also.

On-demand hot water heaters provide an excellent return-on-investment, so the initial costs for purchasing the unit, and having it installed, will be covered by the money you will save on your electric or gas bill in fairly short order. Plus you’ll be installing one of the best methods of becoming eco-friendly in your home.

Tankless hot water heaters are available for whatever energy source you use, whether it be natural gas, liquefied propane (LP) or electricity.

“What if I’ve got an energy efficient hot water heater already ?,” you may be asking. Regardless of the type of hot water heater that you currently have, an on-demand water heater is still a good investment. Heating water in Read the rest of this entry

LED Replacement Bulbs