EU comprehensive ban white LED price is still a problem"

Since December 31, 2012, the European Union to stop the sale of incandescent bulbs. Needless to say, the elimination of high energy consumption of incandescent lamps to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment. But for the Germans, the moment is not suitable for energy-saving lamps.

In Germany, the advent of a new product has not been tested and tested by the authority of the people is very difficult to recognize. As early as 2009, the EU began to disable inefficient incandescent bulbs. The first is to ban the sale of 100 watt incandescent bulbs, and then ban the use of 60 watts and 40 watts of light bulbs, and now a comprehensive ban on the use of all incandescent. German consumer magazine invited experts of various energy-saving lamps, including quartz lamp, energy-saving lamps and LED lamps for the long-term test, the result is LED lights the highest score, it is not only environmental protection and energy saving, long service life, and the bright lights. A LED lamp life of up to 15 thousand hours, while incandescent lamp life of up to 1000 hours. A power consumption of 7 watts LED lamp can reach the brightness of incandescent 40 watt. From the price to buy a one-time look, LED lamp is more expensive than incandescent bulbs several times, but in the long run, the price advantage of LED lights is also very obvious. Currently on the German market, the price of LED lamps up to 30 euros, while an incandescent bulb as long as 50 euro to euro 1. But a 60 watt incandescent lamp electricity a year for 15 euros, while the corresponding LED lamp brightness of the electricity needs only 3 euros, plus the LED lamp life is 15 times more than ordinary incandescent lamp, LED lamp can save energy and cost saving advantages obviously.

With ordinary incandescent exit the market, LED industry will enter the lighting market. According to the Consumer Association survey, now the price of 20 euros to euro LED lights, by 2020 will fall to 3 euros. The European Commission estimates that the elimination of incandescent bulbs this measure can be reduced to 50 euros per household per EU spending.

Another option is an energy-saving lamp, which is a compact fluorescent lamp. It is the advantage of various lamps and lanterns, moderate price. This kind of energy saving lamp consumes more energy than the LED lamp. But people are not used to, this energy-saving lamps in the open switch, in more than and 20 seconds or even after 1 minutes to reach a certain brightness. Most people can not accept that this energy-saving lamps contain a small amount of mercury, once the child accidentally broken bulb, it will cause pollution. In accordance with the requirements of the use of energy-saving bulbs were broken, the owner of the room to be ventilated for 30 minutes and leave the room, and then the debris with a wet cloth or tape collected, as a special garbage treatment. But Germany is not every residential area has a special waste disposal facilities, which adds a lot of trouble to the people.

The EU's ban raises questions in germany. There are many families that incandescent light is soft and comfortable, and the LED lamp or energy-saving lamp is too bright or too dark or too bright. In corridors, basements and bathrooms, a switch is needed to illuminate the lights, which are not suitable for installation of energy-saving lamps. There are mines, ships and other places should not install energy-saving lamps. In Germany the traditional Christmas streets, shopping malls, indoor and outdoor decorations, incandescent lamp light from these traditional. Therefore, it is believed that the provisions of the EU can not be across the board, to the people, due to land and appropriate. In addition, the price of energy-saving lamps also let people away, taking Berlin area as an example, 1/3 of the population living in Berlin are foreigners, there are more than 40% families living on welfare. It is not realistic to let these families replace expensive LED lights or energy-saving lamps. People don't want to, and can't afford to spend so much on lighting.

The EU ban is mainly aimed at the production of enterprises, prohibit the reproduction of ordinary incandescent lamps. The market can continue to sell the stock of incandescent lamp. Germany has a lot of stores or individual businesses at the beginning of the European Union to hear the ban on the accumulation of a large number of incandescent bulbs. According to German media reports, the current stock of incandescent light enough to use German for two years. By then, the price of energy-saving lamps will decline, the quality will improve, the popularity of energy-saving lamps will be.