LED Basics and Background Light-emitting diode is the new
entrant into residential and commercial lighting technology
market. It has three main components. 1. Solid-state
Semiconductor chip, 2. Aluminum heat sink, 3. Poly Carbonate
“blub” casing. LEDs produce light by forcing positive and
negative charged electrons to combine in the semiconductor chip
thus releasing energy in the form of light. Since the
semiconductor chip is solid, when under shock such as falling to
the floor LEDs will not break like the filament wire used in
Incandescent light bulbs nor crack and leak harmful mercury gas
like Fluorescent bulbs. The Solid-state semiconductor chip
itself also produce 100% of its designed luminance when
electricity is applied. Frequently turning on and off will not
shorten an LED’s life span as it would a fluorescent bulb. Due
to the efficiency of the technology LEDs produce 5-8 times the
luminance of Incandescent light bulbs with the same amount to
electricity consumption. LED's are very versatile due to the