{"id":220,"date":"2012-05-24T07:55:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/?p=220"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:33:02","slug":"reasons-blinky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/reasons-blinky\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons To Be Blinky &#8212; Flashing LEDs, The Environment, and You&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"220\" class=\"elementor elementor-220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d964d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d964d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc997a elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc997a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Reasons To Be Blinky \u2014 Flashing LEDs, The Environment, and You\u2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6bcd1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6bcd1d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e7093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36e7093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>I write this to you with great pride in that not only are LEDs \u201cfun as all get-out\u201d (which no one has said since the 1970\u2019s) but, guess what, they are completely energy efficient as well.<\/h2><p>So, this is where it begins:<\/p><p>An LED lamp, for example, has around 100,000 hours of life in it. Left on continuously, that\u2019s around 10-11 years of usage. Now, take into consideration that LEDs also convert, if well-made (like our\u2019s), 80% of the electrical energy into light energy. That means they are 80% more efficient than electrical lights. True story.<\/p><p>If we convert to LEDs for all of our light needs (minus what the sun can afford us), imagine the impact we could make on energy in America. Think of it as an 80% savings in electricity.<\/p><p>\u201cBut Andrew, where do we begin? There is so much to do to be able to convert!\u201d<\/p><p>Well, Unnamed Fake Example Man, you start right here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashingblinkylights.com\/\">Flashing Blinky Lights.<\/a><\/p><p>You\u2019re welcome, America.<\/p><p>FBL<\/p><footer id=\"site-footer\" class=\"site-footer dynamic-footer footer-has-copyright\"><div class=\"footer-inner\"><div class=\"site-branding show-logo\"><div class=\"site-logo show\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reasons To Be Blinky \u2014 Flashing LEDs, The Environment, and You\u2026 I write this to you with great pride in that not only are LEDs \u201cfun as all get-out\u201d (which no one has said since the 1970\u2019s) but, guess what, they are completely energy efficient as well. 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