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Today’s Totally Cool Tech: Incandecent vs CFL vs LED lighting – The Real Cost (via SmartHome.com )

This 3 Watt LED Light Bulb uses a revolutionary direct dispersement bulb housing to produce light that is very much like that from a traditional incandescent light bulb. You can use this bulb anywhere you would use a traditional light bulb, even in lamps that require a lamp shade. Since this bulb produces no UV radiation, it is a great bulb to use for the illumination of photographs or works of art where UV can fade or destroy these objects.

Savings:
One – 3 Watt LED Light Bulb costs approximately $1.30 to run per year at 12 hours per day. Since it was on for approximately 4000 hours it still has nearly 10 years of life! Throughout its entire 11 year life this bulb will cost approximately $40 including the cost of the bulb, while a traditional fixture using an incandescent bulb will cost nearly $230!

Applications:
General Illumination, Desk Lamps, Lamps with Lamp Shades, Bathroom/Vanity Lighting, Ceiling Fan Lamps.

With a 5 Watt LED you save huge; not only on your electricity bill, but also on replacement bulb costs. The 5 Watt LED Light Bulb gives off the same amount of light as a 75 watt incandescent bulb but lasts for 11 years kept on for 8 hrs a day! During its 11 year life a 5 Watt LED light costs $80 to run (including cost of bulb), while an incandescent bulb costs over 5 times more and needs to be replaced more than 50 times.

Works great for desk lamps, shaded lamps, Bathroom/Vanity Lighting, Ceiling Fan Lamps and more!

LED bulbs give off natural light and are Eco-Friendly. Make the smart move and upgrade your home with energy efficient LED light bulbs.

Please Note: LED Bulbs are not Dimmable

Before Clean-up: Air Out the Room

• Have people and pets leave the room, and don’t let anyone walk through the breakage area on their way out.
• Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.
• Shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.

Clean-Up Steps for Hard Surfaces

• Carefully scoop up glass pieces and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
• Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
• Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes. Place towels in the glass jar or plastic bag.
• Do not use a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces.

Clean-up Steps for Carpeting or Rug

• Carefully pick up glass fragments and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
• Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
• If vacuuming is needed after all visible materials are removed, vacuum the area where the bulb was broken.
• Remove the vacuum bag (or empty and wipe the canister), and put the bag or vacuum debris in a sealed plastic bag.

Clean-up Steps for Clothing, Bedding and Other Soft Materials

• If clothing or bedding materials come in direct contact with broken glass or mercury-containing powder from inside the bulb that may stick to the fabric, the clothing or bedding should be thrown away. Do not wash such clothing or bedding because mercury fragments in the clothing may contaminate the machine and/or pollute sewage.
• You can, however, wash clothing or other materials that have been exposed to the mercury vapor from a broken CFL, such as the clothing you are wearing when you cleaned up the broken CFL, as long as that clothing has not come into direct contact with the materials from the broken bulb.
• If shoes come into direct contact with broken glass or mercury-containing powder from the bulb, wipe them off with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes. Place the towels or wipes in a glass jar or plastic bag for disposal.

Disposal of Clean-up Materials

• Immediately place all clean-up materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area for the next normal trash pickup.
• Wash your hands after disposing of the jars or plastic bags containing clean-up materials.
• Check with your local or state government about disposal requirements in your specific area. Some states do not allow such trash disposal. Instead, they require that broken and unbroken mercury-containing bulbs be taken to a local recycling center.

Future Cleaning of Carpeting or Rug: Air Out the Room During and After Vacuuming

• The next several times you vacuum, shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system and open a window before vacuuming.
• Keep the central heating/air conditioning system shut off and the window open for at least 15 minutes after vacuuming is completed.