NightStar FAQs - Can light output be made brighter by replacing the StarCore^® LED with an incandescent bulb?

An incandescent bulb is highly inefficient and requires significantly more energy than a StarCore^® LED. The capacitor in NightStar can only power a filament light bulb for several seconds but can power an LED for several minutes. An incandescent bulb also has a lifetime of approximately 500 hours and is extremely fragile. Quite frequently, a bulb will break before it burns out. By comparison, the StarCore^® LED used in NightStar will operate for more than 50,000 hours and is nearly unbreakable. Therefore, for reasons of energy efficiency and reliability, a StarCore^® LED is the logical choice for the NightStar emergency light.

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