Lighting is an essential in any on-the-grid home, and an LED desk lamp should be part of your lighting team. Here’s why.
There are tons of reasons to use LED lighting in your home. And designers like me are talking endlessly about the benefits, the designs, and the possibilities that LED lighting allow.
If you are a bit more cautious, and want to take a small step to try out LED lighting, I say go for an LED desk lamp. It’s a low commitment light that’s easy to replace. And it’s a light that you use almost everyday, which gives you tons of experience in a shorter amount of time. You’ll know if you love it.
The best part of shopping for an LED desk lamp? Checking out the options, the styles, and the innovations. I wrote a blog about LED desk lamps for LampsPlus.com. If you want more tips, check it out.
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I love owning an LED desk lamp. I’ve been wanting to introduce LED lighting throughout my entire home. Can I purchase LED light bulbs and then install them in my existing light fixtures or do I need an electrician to install new light fixtures?
Hi Sara. This is a great question. Yes, you can use LED lightbulbs in most existing fixtures, but not all of them. If the fixture is designed for halogen, then no. If it takes those fun new Edison bulbs, probably not. But if you have light fixtures that you’ve been using the compact flourescent or incandescent, then yes. You have to shop based on the light output, not watts. Wattage is the old method we are most familiar with when shopping for light bulbs. It’s the amount of energy needed to power an incandescent bulb (standard household light bulb).
Now new light bulb technology has changed the way we shop for lighting. It takes fewer watts to achieve the same light output for an LED bulb than an incandescent, since most of the watts are released as heat for an incandescent.
So now we’re shopping for light bulbs based on the output, which is measured in lumens. To get about the same amount of light as a 60-watt incandescent, you’ll want to look for an LED that is rated at about 800 lumens.
I hope this helps! -T
Also, here are links to a few blogs I shared with LampsPlus that have more info on this topic: http://www.lampsplus.com/info-center/b/blog/archive/2014/12/16/led-light-bulbs-offer-a-warm-glow.aspx, http://www.lampsplus.com/info-center/b/blog/archive/2014/07/10/led-lighting-debunking-the-myths.aspx