Flood Light Bulbs

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Need for Proper Illumination in Your Home and Yard

Aside from building materials and plumbing, light usage should be one of your most important considerations in setting up your home. Light provides aesthetic beauty by complementing your home's interior design and outdoor landscapes.

Adequate illumination help you continue your activities inside as well as outside of your home, even in the darkest night. Light guides your way around the house, as well as provide comfort to young children at night. Some light sources, such as security flood lights, also discourage intruders and deter crime.

Benefits of Flood Light Bulbs

Flood light bulbs, in particular, can focus on specific items such as trees, swimming pools, ponds, and patios. Even at night, you can still see and appreciate the beauty of these items because of your flood light bulbs.

Flood light bulbs are quite instrumental in giving proper lighting for larger areas such as livings rooms and patios. So you can hold parties and meetings right in your home regardless of the time of day or night. When you get home at night, outdoor flood lights lead you to your doorstep and enable you to unlock your door easily.

Types of Flood Light Bulbs

There are several types of flood bulbs, each with its own illumination capacity or lumens, usage level defined in watts, replacement life, size, and style.

Halogen flood light bulbs have very large bulb and diffuser size, as they are commonly used outdoors for backyards and pathways. They are ideal because of the non-irritating white color that resembles soft daylight. These bulbs are usually very long-lasting so that you don't have to replace them too often. They also come in several wattage levels.

Incandescent bulbs on the other hand are small in size and have varying degrees of brightness depending on your preference. These are very universal as they can fit into most sockets and can be used anywhere indoors or out. Illumination can be adjusted in some types of incandescents, and they are quite sturdy. But while they are the cheapest type of flood light bulbs, they consume very high levels of electricity that the Department of Energy discourages their usage.

As an alternative, fluorescent flood lights have good illumination quality at lower electrical cost. These flood bulbs have very low wattages and their lighting capacity is comparable to incandescents. However, they have limited usage life of up to a few thousand hours, and are generally higher priced than other types.

Which Type of Flood Light Bulb to Use?

It all depends on your personal preference, but you should consider important factors such as price, electrical consumption, replacement life, and function. You may want to use low consumption fluorescent flood bulbs if you intend to leave the light on all night. For garden parties, you may want to use halogens.

You can research on the features of each flood bulb type through various internet sites that sell them.


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