Why do LEDs generate heat?

[Commander Kinsey]

Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:29:30 +0100, Commander Kinsey <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:

> Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?

I got useful answers from Quora:

"LEDs are ever more and more efficient. In the last 40 years, tremendous strides have been made. They generate heat because they are conducting electricity through semiconductors. Unlike metals which have very little resistance to electric currents, semiconductors offer more resistance. Not as much as true nonmetals, but still more than metals. It is the resistance of the semiconductor layers, both N and P, and the resistance of the junction itself, that generate the heat."

"Every electronic device is less than 100 percent efficient. On a low level, it is due to the law of probability, or as the physicists call it, entropy. The odds of all those electrons conveying their energy into photons is very low. Some are always making random transitions, generating heat instead of light."

 

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[Rod Speed]

Commander Kinsey <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote

> Why do LEDs generate heat?

Because not all the electricity used is turned into light.

I want a technical answer not "because they're inefficient".
And will we ever make them more efficient?

Very likely with the higher powered leds.

 

[Peeler]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 03:09:32 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

I want a technical answer not "because they're inefficient".
And will we ever make them more efficient?

Very likely with the higher powered leds.

You two idiots had better wonder whether they will ever find a cure for
psychopathy and sociopathy which you deranged idiots keep exhibiting here!

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[Robert]

On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:

Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?

Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:29:42 +0100, Robert <robert@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?
Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

True, but it's the LEDs themselves that are the warmest, and also the most susceptible to heat.

 

[NY]

"Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:29:42 +0100, Robert <robert@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?
Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

True, but it's the LEDs themselves that are the warmest, and also the most
susceptible to heat.

But if you feel a Philips Hue bulb which is the size of an old tungsten 100W
bulb, the part that gives off light (presumably where the LEDs are) is cool.
It is the neck, near the fitting, which gets hot - and I presume that's
where the PSU is.

Likewise for GU10 bulbs (Philips Hue or ordinary non-dimmable LED) the front
and conical sides don't get hot, whereas the neck near the fitting gets hot.

 

[Rod Speed]

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"Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:29:42 +0100, Robert <robert@invalid.invalid
wrote:

On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?
Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

True, but it's the LEDs themselves that are the warmest, and also the
most susceptible to heat.

But if you feel a Philips Hue bulb which is the size of an old tungsten
100W bulb, the part that gives off light (presumably where the LEDs are)
is cool.

Mine isnt, its warmer than me.

It is the neck, near the fitting, which gets hot - and I presume that's
where the PSU is.

Likewise for GU10 bulbs (Philips Hue or ordinary non-dimmable LED) the
front and conical sides don't get hot, whereas the neck near the fitting
gets hot.

 

[Peeler]

On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 19:29:42 +0100, Robert, another brain dead,
troll-feeding, seinile idiot, blathered:

Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

Yet another senile idiot who doesn't get what's going on here! <BG>

 

[Peeler]

On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 19:50:02 +0100, NY, the notorious, troll-feeding senile
idiot, blathered again:

But if you feel a Philips Hue bulb which is the size of an old tungsten 100W
bulb, the part that gives off light (presumably where the LEDs are) is cool.
It is the neck, near the fitting, which gets hot - and I presume that's
where the PSU is.

Likewise for GU10 bulbs (Philips Hue or ordinary non-dimmable LED) the front
and conical sides don't get hot, whereas the neck near the fitting gets hot.

So, for how long will you idiots still go on like that again? Until the
sociopathic attention whore is fed up with you again? Will you troll-feeding
senile idiots NEVER learn?

 

[Peeler]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 05:12:47 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

But if you feel a Philips Hue bulb which is the size of an old tungsten
100W bulb, the part that gives off light (presumably where the LEDs are)
is cool.

Mine isnt, its warmer than me.

LOL! Auto-contradicting senile idiot! Let's all hope that you'll SOON reach
room temperature!

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[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:50:02 +0100, NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

"Commander Kinsey" <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:29:42 +0100, Robert <robert@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?
Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

True, but it's the LEDs themselves that are the warmest, and also the most
susceptible to heat.

But if you feel a Philips Hue bulb which is the size of an old tungsten 100W
bulb, the part that gives off light (presumably where the LEDs are) is cool.
It is the neck, near the fitting, which gets hot - and I presume that's
where the PSU is.

Or where the heatsink from the LEDs is.

Likewise for GU10 bulbs (Philips Hue or ordinary non-dimmable LED) the front
and conical sides don't get hot, whereas the neck near the fitting gets hot.

 

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

On 10/3/2019 6:49 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:29:30 +0100, Commander Kinsey <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:

Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?

I got useful answers from Quora:

"LEDs are ever more and more efficient. In the last 40 years, tremendous strides have been made. They generate heat because they are conducting electricity through semiconductors. Unlike metals which have very little resistance to electric currents, semiconductors offer more resistance. Not as much as true nonmetals, but still more than metals. It is the resistance of the semiconductor layers, both N and P, and the resistance of the junction itself, that generate the heat."

"Every electronic device is less than 100 percent efficient. On a low level, it is due to the law of probability, or as the physicists call it, entropy. The odds of all those electrons conveying their energy into photons is very low. Some are always making random transitions, generating heat instead of light."

I wish you'd make a "random transition" the fuck outa here, limey asshole!

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:21:00 +0100, Colonel Edmund J. Burke <Your_Colonel@usa.com> wrote:

On 10/3/2019 6:49 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:29:30 +0100, Commander Kinsey <CFKinsey@military.org.jp> wrote:

Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?

I got useful answers from Quora:

"LEDs are ever more and more efficient. In the last 40 years, tremendous strides have been made. They generate heat because they are conducting electricity through semiconductors. Unlike metals which have very little resistance to electric currents, semiconductors offer more resistance. Not as much as true nonmetals, but still more than metals. It is the resistance of the semiconductor layers, both N and P, and the resistance of the junction itself, that generate the heat."

"Every electronic device is less than 100 percent efficient. On a low level, it is due to the law of probability, or as the physicists call it, entropy. The odds of all those electrons conveying their energy into photons is very low. Some are always making random transitions, generating heat instead of light."

I wish you'd make a "random transition" the fuck outa here, limey asshole!

Learn to use a killfile.

 

[Mark Lloyd]

On 10/3/19 1:29 PM, Robert wrote:

On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?
Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

I have a LED bulb (60W equivalent) in a lamp here. The bulb itself
doesn't get hot like an incandescent bulb does. What gets hot is an area
around the base.

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[Commander Kinsey]

On Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:32:33 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:

On 10/3/19 1:29 PM, Robert wrote:
On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because
they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?
Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have
covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in
which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.

I have a LED

That irritates me, why don't you write "an LED"? How do you say "LED"? I say "Ell Eee Dee", not "Light Emitting Diode". So it needs an "an", not an "a".

> bulb (60W equivalent) in a lamp here.

60W? Are you a Klingon and love darkness? I use 100W and 150W bulbs only. And lots of them. My living room (7 metres by 4 metres) contains 13 90W bulbs.

The bulb itself
doesn't get hot like an incandescent bulb does. What gets hot is an area
around the base.

Through the heatsink probably, most of the heat is generated by the LEDs, not the far more efficient power supply.

 

[Mark Lloyd]

On 10/4/19 2:51 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:

[snip]

I have a LED

That irritates me, why don't you write "an LED"?  How do you say "LED"?
I say "Ell Eee Dee", not "Light Emitting Diode".  So it needs an "an",
not an "a".

"an LED" irritates me. I know the word is "light".

bulb (60W equivalent) in a lamp here.

60W?  Are you a Klingon and love darkness?  I use 100W and 150W bulbs
only.  And lots of them.  My living room (7 metres by 4 metres) contains
13 90W bulbs.

It also matters if the light source is in the right place, like from
behind is good if you're reading or watching TV.

Some people think more light is always better. I remember working behind
a TV (26-inch CRT console), where I could see OK. Then someone, trying
to be helpful, turned on a nearby wall lamp. The effect of that is that
the area behind the TV became completely BLACK.

[snip]

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[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:46:08 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:

On 10/4/19 2:51 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:

[snip]

I have a LED

That irritates me, why don't you write "an LED"? How do you say "LED"?
I say "Ell Eee Dee", not "Light Emitting Diode". So it needs an "an",
not an "a".

"an LED" irritates me. I know the word is "light".

But which would you say if you read the sentence out loud? Do you say the letters like me, or do you say the full words? I say "DVLA" not "Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority"

bulb (60W equivalent) in a lamp here.

60W? Are you a Klingon and love darkness? I use 100W and 150W bulbs
only. And lots of them. My living room (7 metres by 4 metres) contains
13 90W bulbs.

It also matters if the light source is in the right place, like from
behind is good if you're reading or watching TV.

I prefer the whole room to be evenly lit.

Some people think more light is always better. I remember working behind
a TV (26-inch CRT console), where I could see OK. Then someone, trying
to be helpful, turned on a nearby wall lamp. The effect of that is that
the area behind the TV became completely BLACK.

More light is better if the whole room is lit evenly. Which is why I prefer strip lights to point sources. Much better if you're soldering for example, you don't create shadows, as light can come to the workpiece from all angles, no matter where your body/head/hands/tools are.

 

[Peeler]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 13:46:08 -0500, Mark Lloyd, another absolutely brain
dead, troll-feeding, senile cretin, drivelled:

"an LED" irritates me. I know the word is "light".

You must about as big an idiot as the retarded troll you keep feeding,
senile cretin! LOL