How to Use LED Lighting | Ask This Old House

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Electrician Scott Caron shows new technologies and applications for LED lighting. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse The LED flashlight that Scott demonstrated is the Mini Maglite LED Flashlight, manufactured by Maglite. Incandescent C9-style Christmas lights are available at most home centers and hardware store during the holidays. The LED Christmas lights that draw significantly less power are the LED Colorite C-9 lights, manufactured by GE and available at The Home Depot. Scott showed the Eco-575L LED retrofit option for recessed lights, manufactured by Cree and available at home centers. The light that can be used to retrofit recessed fixtures or can be flush-mounted to 4" boxes is the Traverse by Sea Gull Lighting. The colored strip light is the Dioder, manufactured by IKEA. The alarm clock that mimics a sunrise is the Wake Up Light, manufactured by Philips. The LED light bulb that can be controlled from a smart phone or tablet is the Hue, also manufactured by Philips. The powerful LED lamp that uses 120 watts is the LB120 Blaster Light, manufactured by Lumateq. Steps for How to Use LED Lighting: 1. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are commonly used in flashlights and Christmas-tree lights. 2. LEDs are long lasting, super-bright, and energy efficient. 3. A standard Christmas tree light consumes seven watts of electricity per bulb. An entire string of LED lights uses just three watts. 4. Replace old incandescent bulbs with retrofit LEDs, which

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