The right lamp for this age
Replacing the estimated eight lakh “zero watt” incandescent lamps in use in Kerala with Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps will amount to setting up a 9.11 MW power plant under the current circumstances, says Georgekutty Karianappally of Lifeway Solar, a company in India dealing in LED lamps.
Proper awareness and the will to change can give LED lamps their rightful place even as the world stares at energy crisis and global warming.
Mr. Georgekutty said that that a 2-w LED lamp can replace a 15-w incandescent lamp.
The cost of the LED lamp is Rs.150 while that of the incandescent lamp is Rs.20.
However, the LED lamp will run for 11 years whereas the incandescent lamp has a life of around 300 hours.
With about 15 per cent of the electricity produced in the country going into lighting, one can imagine the revolution that LED lamps can bring about…More
