The world's first alternative to 60 watt incandescent LED bulbs come out

The day before PHILPS launched the latest successful development of the LED 12 watt led bulb. It is the first product in the world to replace 60 watt incandescent bulbs. According to statistics, the national market sales of incandescent lamp is about half of the 60 watt bulb.

The PHILPS LED bulbs actual power consumption is only 12 watts, life expectancy is ordinary light bulbs of 25 times, for consumers to reduce the cost of electricity and maintenance costs of 80%. Because the remote phosphor technology using innovative design with PHILPS independent research and development company, luminous intensity of the bulb and the ordinary 60 watt incandescent lamp.

Annual sales of up to 60 watts in the United States up to 425 million, accounting for about half of the market. PHILPS is expected, if all of these bulbs into LED lights, can save 32 trillion and 600 billion kwh of electricity per year, equivalent to the demand for electricity in the United States in the United States 16 million 700 thousand. From an environmental point of view, the annual reduction of 5 million 300 thousand tons of carbon emissions.

The invention of this LED light bulb is a major breakthrough in the lighting industry following the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). The efficiency of the compact fluorescent lamp is much higher than that of the incandescent lamp. However, mercury in fluorescent lamps, if discarded or damaged, will cause harm to human health. At the same time, the fluorescent lamp can not be controlled by the motion sensor. The LED bulb not only has these two functions, but also does not contain mercury in the bulb.

Standard 60 watt incandescent lamp life is usually about 1000 hours, the same wattage compact fluorescent lamp life of up to 8000 hours, while the LED lamp can be up to 5000 hours.

PHILPS North America CEO Ed Crawford (Ed Crawford) that LED technology will eventually replace all the incandescent lamp. In 2012, after the United States to increase the use of energy-saving lamp policy will take effect, the replacement process will accelerate.

At present, PHILPS has begun to sell 40 Watt LED bulbs, and the new development of the 60 watt light bulb will be the beginning of the end of 2010 sales. PHILPS's innovation is expected to become the leader in the lighting technology industry.

Crawford believe that new LED technology award to lead people into a new era of lighting. For general lighting, people usually simply press the switch on the device. As for the LED bulb, people can control the color, quality and temperature according to the requirement.

Organic light-emitting diode technology is currently being developed (OLED) did not come will also be possible for ordinary residents of the home. LED technology is the future trend of development, and PHILPS in the field has taken an important step.