LED Landscape Lighting Reshaping the Way You Think About Lighting How the New Technology is Changing the Landscape Lighting Business
Lets Compare an Actual Landscape Installation Fixtures Transformers Wire Lamps Electricity 40,000 hours
Comparative Cost of Electricity Halogen SystemExplanationLED System 1,145 WattsTotal watts of systems275.6 Watts 1.145kWKilowatts used per hour0.275kW 45,800kWhMultiply 40,000 hours of operation by kilowatts used 11,000kWh $5,170.82Multiply kilowatt hours used by national average cost of 11.29¢/kWh $1, ($287.26/year) (based on 6 hours use per day) Assuming no change in the cost of electricity ($24.00/mo. vs. $5.75/mo.) ($67.74/year) (based on 6 hours use per day)
Total Life (40,000 hrs) Cost Current SystemExplanationLED System $2,160.00Fixtures$6, $3,740.00Transformer and Wire$2, $2,220.00Lamps$0.00 $5,170.82Electricity$1, Maintenance (?) $13,270.82Total$9, LED life cost is $3, less