The price of LED lighting is too high and it is still difficult for ordinary people

The National Development and Reform Commission has promulgated the "Notice on the gradual ban on the import and sale of incandescent lamps for general lighting." It requires the general lighting incandescent lamp to be gradually phased out within five years. The introduction of this series of policies made the industry unanimously believe that the LED lighting market with the advantage of energy saving and environmental protection will accelerate the speed of popularization.

Then, what is the true end market sales? Recently, visiting major lighting stores such as Pearlescent Lighting City and Jinshan Lighting City, LED energy-saving lamps have been promoted to the market's flagship product, and more than 80% of lighting shops have LED lighting products.

"Even energy-saving lamps have obvious energy-saving effects, and prices have fallen back to levels that ordinary consumers can accept. However, energy-saving light bulbs contain mercury. If scientific recycling is not carried out, mercury will enter the atmosphere when the light bulb is broken. Water quality and soil cause pollution. Therefore, in the future, in the energy-saving lamp market, harmless and environmentally-friendly LED lamps will become the protagonists, said a salesperson at Pearlescent Lighting City.

In addition to environmental protection, the LED lamp's energy saving advantage is also very obvious, he roughly calculated an account: the similar brightness of 100 watt incandescent lamp, 25 watt energy saving lamp, 10 watt LED lamp, for example, continuous lighting 6000 hours, 100 watts Incandescent lamps need to consume 600 degrees, 25-watt energy-saving lamps consume 150 degrees, and 10-watt LED lamps mean 60 degrees of power consumption. LED lamps save 60% more than energy-saving lamps, and 90% less than incandescent lamps. In terms of service life, the service life of LED lamps is up to 30,000 hours, which is 5 times that of energy-saving lamps and 20 times that of incandescent lamps.

However, it was found that although the advantages of LED lamps in energy saving and environmental protection are indisputable, the situation in the terminal sales market is not optimistic. Pearl Sun Lighting City, a surnamed Sun said to the owner, in the field of civil lighting, fluorescent energy-saving lamps account for about 80%, ordinary incandescent lamp market share is still about 10% -20%, while the new LED environmental protection lamp is only about 2% -3%, his shop can only sell three to five LED energy-saving lamps a day.

"As with the problems encountered in the promotion of fluorescent energy-saving lamps, the price is too high for ordinary consumers to accept." Mr. Sun explained that the 60-watt incandescent lamp on the market is currently priced at two or three yuan a, 12-watt energy-saving lamps each About 15 yuan, 6-watt LED lamp market price will be 30 yuan each, and some well-known brands are as high as 100 yuan. It is also this factor that makes LED lamps mainly used in commercial applications.