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We've all gotten to know incandescents quite well over the past 135 years or so, but times are changing. These days, you've got some new lighting categories to familiarize yourself with, and doing so is the first, most obvious step toward buying the right bulb.

Light-emitting diodes, or LED Lighting, are the new rock stars of the bulb world. When an LED is switched on, electrons and electron holes come together. The result of this process is a release of energy in the form of photons, or light.

A typical LED Lighting uses a fraction of the wattage required to power a bright incandescent bulb, and this makes LED Lighting dramatically more cost-effective over the long run. A 12W LED that puts out 800 lumens of light will add about a buck and a half per year to your power bill if used for 3 hours a day at an energy rate of 11 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). Under those same parameters, a 60W incandescent bulb that puts out 880 lumens will cost about $7.50 per year. Multiply that by the total number of bulbs in your home, and you're potentially looking at some pretty significant long-term savings.

LED Lighting are also rated to last for tens of thousands of hours, which can translate to decades of use. Compare that with the year or so you typically get out of an incandescent, and you can begin to see why so many people find these bulbs appealing. At a price of about $15, that 12W LED would pay for itself in 2.5 years, then keep on saving you money for years to come.

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