LED Lighting for the Workshop?
Today we started our trial of new LED lighting trial... and we are so far, pleasantly surprised! We swapped out the fluorescent tubes above our finishing table with 2 high power LED tubes, one "warm" and one "cool"... and the resulting work light was a bright natural color and incredibly bright work table.
LED lighting uses very little power in comparison to incandescent, fluorescent or halogen options. Living in one of the "greenest" little cities on earth, we are lucky to have a local distributor who specialize in high power LEDs. We had read that the LED technology is still too new, casting eery colors and very directional light... however the combination of the warm and cool LEDs in the same fixture eliminated the strange LED "look" and the lumens put off are much brighter than our traditional fluorescent lamp. If the trial works well we might replace our overhead lighting and reduce our annual power consumption by 50-70%.
Other great things? The LED lights we are looking at can burn for 100,000 hours -- which means it might be 60 years before we have to get up on the ladder and change a bulb. And, unlike currently available energy-saving bulbs, LEDs do not contain mercury so disposal is less damaging to the environment. (Not to mention that the LED will last 50-60 years vs. 18 months... a lot less "stuff" in the landfill.)
Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in this blog are those of individual workshop elves, and do not necessarily represent those of www.SoftStarShoes.com
Trish has been an entrepreneur, marketer and maker ever since she crushed her first lemonade stand at age five. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, she spent many summers running barefoot with her sisters. These early memories later inspired her to build a brand which embraced the joy and freedom of childhood with the health and science of minimal footwear.
Trish relishes evolving the company to grow stronger and more competitive with each passing year. She is a frequent expert panelist for both e-commerce and entrepreneurship conferences. Trish enjoys spending time with her family, dogs and ducks on their property in Oregon and loves the proximity to both surf and snow. She has a background in Engineering Physics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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