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Do LED Lights Get Hot?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

LED lights and LED bulbs are now more popular than ever. They are praised to be both cost-efficient and environmentally friendly, they consume less energy than your traditional incandescent or halogen bulbs, and they last much longer. So, if you haven’t made the switch into LED’s, now is the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, there are still various myths and misconceptions surrounding LED lights and their benefits. These myths can be a a mental obstacle for people that have used incandescent bulbs for years to finally make the switch. One of the most asked questions surrounding LED lights is: “Do LED lights get hot?”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Do LED Lights Get Hot?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The short answer is LED lights do produce heat but they do not get too hot to touch. Understanding how LED lights produce heat is not that simple, but we will explain in detail below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do LED Lights Get Hot or Not? \"Do<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

To really understand the full scope of this question, we have to understand how LED bulbs actually produce light and in turn heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

LED, as we know, stands for “light emitting diode”, and so the diode, a semiconductor of which electrical currents pass in one-way is the one producing light….and some heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

In theory, if the diode is 100% efficient, it will convert all the electricity that passes through the diode into lights, but this is physically impossible. Inefficiencies due to physical deformities in the components of the LED light will instead convert some of the electricity into heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, LED’s do run dramatically cooler than incandescent lights because they are more efficient. We can, for example, quite easily unscrew an LED bulb that has been turned on for hours, while an incandescent bulb will burn if touched. Why does this occur? There are two main reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n