SavWatt will start to sell LED T-8 florescent tube replacements assembled in the USA from1Q 2011.
SavWatt's 16 Watt , 4 foot, T-8 LED tube will replace a typical 40 Watt florescent tube (includes ballast), providing immediate energy savings of 60%, which apart from savings for service and replacement costs. Based on an average USA energy cost of 15 cents per kilowatt, the tube has a 24 month payback.
According to Sam Abecassis, SavWatt's VP of Product Development, "We have worked hard over the last 2 years to develop and bring to market a UL approved true T-8 high quality Led tube. Our Eco-Watt technology and LITKY LED's make us shine above the rest. We have listened to our distributors and by assembling here in the USA we now will be able to handle the faster to market demand and quality concerns."
"Demand for replacement T-8 tubes is huge, 80 percent of all bulbs used in office building are florescent tubes. Coupled with the fact that the US Government has recognized the benefits of LEDs as see on their web site and have a law that in place that all incandescent bulbs may not be sold in 2012. Our projected demand for T-8 tubes is 18,000,000 over the next 24 months."