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Shopping for LED lighting can sometimes be confusing, especially with the amount of jargon that gets used. To simplify this process we have compiled the ultimate LED lighting glossary. We hope you find this resource useful and if there are any other terms you’d like to see included in our glossary please feel free to get in touch. Ambient Temperature (Ta): describes the temperature of the air around a light fitting. The performance of an LED light is affected more by ambient t …

LED light bulbs (Light Emitting Diodes) are not a new technology. Back in the day, around the late 1960s, when LED light bulbs just began popping up in shops and businesses, bright red was the only color option available for everyone.These little bulbs were a game-changer for technology at the time, but their use was pretty limited. You'd usually spot them glowing as the turn-on signs for different gadgets like TVs and audio gear. If your TV was on, you’d spot that glowing red light, …

Technological progress since the Industrial Revolution has seen a series of advances which ‘kill off’ an older generation of product or activity. On the high seas, steel ships replaced wooden ones, steam replaced sail, and oil replaced coal. In the home, flat screen TVs killed off CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) televisions, and broadband killed off dial-up. In the world of lighting, LED light bulbs (with a little help from CFLs) will soon have killed off the incandescent lights inv …