Hydralux Liquid Cooled LED Lightbulb
LED technology for lighting is still in its infancy and has a little way to progress to compete with conventional incandescent light bulbs. Although LED Lighting has made inroads with decorative lighting due to its low power consumption and versatility, Illumination is still on the horizon but getting closer.
Hydralux is a LED Light that takes this technology a step closer with what is described as the worlds first liquid cooled LED Light bulb. Encapsulating the LED in paraffin allows the light to be used at a higher power without the device overheating, but still as it is an LED the power consumption is still extremely low.
Along with increasing the available light the design allows the light to scatter more around your room making its application range greater. With the device being enclosed this also opens up opportunities for the bulb being used for outdoor lighting.
The current Hydralux-4 consumes just 4 watts compared to 25 watts for an incandescent light to generate same amount of output. Figures quoted for comparison indicate that for each bulb you could save on average $13.96 each year and will just cost $1.75 to run. Or over the lifetime of the LED a saving of $157 in bulb and electricity costs. A small amount but multiply that by all the incandescent bulbs you can replace around your home and the amounts saved can increase into the $1000`s.
Future implementations of the light are planned with 8W, 12W and 16W versions planned by the end of 2009. With those versions you can nearly replace every bulb in your house and with both a small but noticeable reduction in power use and an nice little big of money saving.
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