LED GU10 Saves Money, Hassle, and the Environment
One popular way to save money on utility bills is grandma’s demand to “turn off the lights!” And so a lamp that uses only 5% of the power of a conventional type has us dreaming about dramatic reductions in electric bills. The LED GU10 is one such light bulb. So how much actual cash will you save by using this new technology?
If you burn a 25-watt night light 24 hours a day, and use two 60-watt traditional lamps for 6 hours every evening, the average cost to power these is ten cents per day, or about three dollars per month. So switching to lamps which only use 5% of the power will lower that cost to about fifteen cents per month. Of course, many people use more than two or three lights. And if you use constant light for security, landscaping or spotlighting art works within your home, you may enjoy substantially higher power savings by switching to LED GU10 bulbs.
Furthermore, these new led lamps are built to last, with many having a life expectancy of over 20 years. How many regular types would you use in 20 years? How many are unusable when you bring them home from the store because the filament has broken from vibration during transport?
The longevity of GU10 LED lighting can be very attractive in fixtures that are hard to access, like track lighting on a high ceiling. It’s no fun to change high lamps every few months. This is especially true if a bulb should become cross-threaded and stuck in the fixture. There you are, teetering precariously on a high ladder and can’t get the lamp out of the socket. And if you put too much pressure on it, the bulb shatters and you have to deal with tiny shards of extremely sharp glass as you continue to try to remove the bulb from the socket. This innovative new type is designed to eliminate this potential problem in several ways. First, the gu10 socket is not threaded, so it can’t cross-thread and become stuck. Second, it isn’t as fragile as the conventional glass bulb. And finally, the long life of this type means you may only have to replace it once every twenty years or so.
Finally, this new lighting technology offers several environmental advantages. Besides lower power consumption—and every little bit does help—the long life and sturdy design significantly reduce solid waste from broken and burnt out bulbs.
So while you may not see a dramatic reduction in your overall power bill, you will enjoy significant advantages by switching to these innovative new bulbs. You can find them in online stores such as Lighting Universe, as well as your local hardware shop.

