Inā hoʻohuli ʻoe i ka uaki a nānā i nā kaʻa i ʻelima mau makahiki i hala, e ʻike ʻoe ua hoʻohana wale nā mea hana kaʻa i nā kukui LED e hoʻolohilohi i kā lākou kaʻa i mea e ʻike ai i ka media. Akā i kēia manawa ua lilo nā LED i mea maʻamau a hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā mea hana kaʻa i kēia ʻenehana. Ua laha a hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia nā LED i nā kaʻa waiwai nui. ʻOi aku ka mālamalama ma mua o nā ʻōpuʻu incandescent a lōʻihi ka lōʻihi. Hiki mai nā LED i nā kala he nui, akā ʻike pinepine ʻia i ke keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻulaʻula. Wahi a kahi noiʻi, ʻoi aku ma mua o 65 ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e hauʻoli e hoʻolilo i kā lākou kālā ma nā LED no ka mea he mau mea maikaʻi lākou ma mua o nā kukui ʻē aʻe.
I kēia mau lā, ua lilo nā kukui LED i mea hoʻohui hou i nā kaʻa. He mea paʻakikī loa i nā mea hana kaʻa a me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻaʻole e koho i nā LED no nā kaʻa nani, no laila ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea hana kukui e koho i kā mākou.
kukui kaʻa maʻamau lawelawe e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā lākou kūʻai. ʻO ka mea mua, he nani lākou a ʻo ka lua he hilinaʻi a paʻa. ʻO kekahi o nā kumu e koho ai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā LED ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 65-75 ka nui o ka uila ma mua o nā kukui halogen. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia kumu i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka kaulana o nā LED.
Ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki, e hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana i nā kukui LED i kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona hou no ka mea e mālama kēia ʻenehana ma mua o kanalima pakeneka uila. ʻAʻole hopohopo nui nā mea hoʻokele e pili ana i kā lākou hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka pākaukau inā hoʻohana lākou ia lā a pau. ʻAʻole ia e ʻoi aku ma mua o 25 watts a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau kukui 25 watts ma mua o nā kukui ʻē aʻe. ʻAe kēia iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻokele ai i ka pō, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike ʻana a hiki i ka 280 pakeneka ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā puʻupuʻu kahiko. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou he wai wai a loaʻa ka hōʻoia o nā makahiki he 10.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kukui LED, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻokoʻa i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana iā lākou me nā kukui HID i loaʻa iā lākou a ua ʻike pū kēia mau mea kūʻai aku i nā LED keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe i ka lā a ʻoi aku ka maopopo o ka ʻike. Ma kekahiʻaoʻao he nani a nani kēia mau kukui, ma kekahiʻaoʻao he hilinaʻi a lōʻihi -ʻoi aku ma mua o kāu i manaʻo ai. He aha hou ka mea e pono ai ka mea kūʻai aku? ʻOiaʻiʻo, e koho ka mea kūʻai aku i kēlā ʻenehana nui e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe āna i ʻike ai. Loaʻa pū nā kime LED i nā pā i kūkulu ʻia. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā pahu LED nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā lākou ma ka pūnaewele.