LED Night Lights (no 56K)

[brunes]

Don't they have night lights with a motion sensor so they don't stay on all the time? In that scenario, it really wouldn't use much electricity.

I sleep in my living room on the couch sometimes in the summer and I find that even all the LED lights (not white) from my computer, TV, stereo, etc. seem to give off a bit of light here and there.

Motion sensors themselves use electricity. I don't have numbers to back me up but I suspect a 4w night light with a motion sensor would use more power than the above Indiglow type night light running all the time.

[UrbanPoet]

Don't they have night lights with a motion sensor so they don't stay on all the time? In that scenario, it really wouldn't use much electricity.

I sleep in my living room on the couch sometimes in the summer and I find that even all the LED lights (not white) from my computer, TV, stereo, etc. seem to give off a bit of light here and there.

As someone mentioned... Motion detectors do use a bit of energy (not that much tho), but i believe they emit an IR-LED non-stop. But as far as i know... I havent seen any motion detected night lights, only darkness detection lights...

Anyways... if you wanna stay green I see those indiglo night lights @ dollarama. They are dirt cheap. They use up 0.25watts of energy, so having them on non-stop will barely use any energy @ all!

[gwn]

At Dollarama, they have an LED replacement bulb that fits in the night light socket. It was rated at 7 watts which is the same as the regular bulbs. I suspect it would be less bright. Looking at the rectified diodes on the circuit board I thought it should use less than 7 watts. Next time perhaps I will try it.