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What is GU10 Cluster LED?
When it comes to light bulbs, one size most certainly doesn’t fit all. That is why light bulbs are available in an extensive range of different luminaries, shapes, sizes and fittings. With the arrival of LED (Light Emitting Diode) Lighting customers need to be able to familiarise themselves with a whole new range of bulbs. The better you can differentiate between the different types of LED Bulb available, the easier it is for you to make informed decisions about what it is you need and what it is you are buying.
A popular LED Bulb are the GU10 Cluster Range. There is nothing surprising about it. It is an MR (Multifaceted Reflector) Lamp, with a 230 V AC (Alternating Current) GU10 Bayonet fitting and features a ‘cluster’ of high power LEDs on its surface. What you will find with most LEDs is that they are not powerful enough on their own to compete with the brightness of a traditional halogen bulb. Instead it is necessary to use them in ‘arrays’ or groups. When grouped together in such a fashion the LEDs will achieve a high lumen output when working in unison. For instance a GU10 80 Cluster LED Bulb features 80 individual LEDs on its front face that produce a lumen output equivalent to a 50 watt halogen bulb.
All GU10 LED Bulbs also feature a small driver inside their fitting that changes the mains voltage to suit the purposes of the LEDs. This makes the overall size of a GU10 LED slightly bigger than a traditional halogen spotlight. Most Cluster GU10 LED Bulbs will have a beam angle of around 45 degrees making them appropriate for a combination of ambient lighting schemes and aesthetic lighting design.
GU10 Cluster LEDs are also available in a range of ‘colour temperatures.’ Colour temperature doesn’t refer to discrete colours like red, green or blue, but instead describes differing shades of white. Warm White and Cool White are industry standard terms. The former is as close as an LED comes to replicating the colour of a traditional halogen or incandescent bulb. The latter is a sharp, cool light that is used in lighting design.
For any more information regarding GU10 Cluster LED Bulbs consult your retailer.
Monday, 6 February 2012
GU10 LED Bulbs and the Environment
Despite its apparent insignificance, artificial lighting is very important. At this moment in time artificial lighting constitutes about a quarter of the world’s entire energy use. An individual home or business will use about 20 to 50 per cent of its energy in lighting alone! Unless you are fortunate to be using solar panels or a wind generator the electricity powering your lighting will be coming from one place; the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and gas. When burned these fuels release greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere that contribute to the slow, but steady, warming of the Earth’s surface. Changing your light bulbs to an energy saving equivalent now is more important than ever before.
Thankfully LED Lighting is here to help us out. LED Lighting is gradually becoming more widely available, at a cost that is less prohibitive upfront. They are also available in a huge variety of shapes, sizes and fittings. One of the most well known examples of retrofit LED Lighting is the GU10 LED. This is available in thousands of places across the internet and acts as a direct replacement for traditional halogen bulbs. It is designed to be as user friendly as possible and can be swapped without the need for rewiring or modifications.
GU10 LED is actually available in a number of different styles, with the implementation of a variety of different LED technologies spanning the arch of its evolutionary development. Some of the most fundamental, and most affordable, are the GU10 LED Cluster variety. These consist of a GU10 lamp with an array of individual high power LEDs attached to its front face. These bulbs will use as little as 4.5 watts but will still achieve the same lumen output as a 50 watt halogen, making them about 90 per cent more efficient.
They are also fully compatible with all GU10 fittings. The GU10 fitting is a standard bayonet fitting throughout the UK and runs at mains voltage, which is 230 V AC (Alternating Current). However, in order to work GU10 LED Bulbs require an in-built driver which changes the voltage to DC (Direct Current).
GU10 LEDs are very popular because of their unique combination of style and function. They are compact, discrete and their light source is directional. This allows users to play about with the balance of light and shadow, thus creating effects that, while simple to achieve, are very impressive. Their efficiency also makes them very suitable for light intensive locations, such as hotels, bars, restaurants and other commercial settings.
For more information about GU10 LED please contact our customer service team on 0116 321 4121.
The investment behind GU10 LED
Since the beginning of the year the LED Lighting industry has once again been experiencing some turbulence after the CEO of Philips LED made the controversial claim that LED Lighting might still be priced out of the range of the average consumer. This isn’t a new development, for a number of years experts have been tangling with the all important issue of whether LED Lights are too expensive or not, but unfortunately the best this can usually turn up is that the prices will eventually drop, we just need to be patient apparently. As the result of Philips fourth quarter indicate the consumer may well have been patient long enough and a fall off of profits suggests one thing only; people are losing faith.
Hopefully we can restore some faith. We are not here to deny anything. LEDs are more expensive than traditional filament bulbs. They are also more expensive than the more recent CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp) energy savers. However, with the arrival of energy efficient LED lighting it is no longer viable for a consumer to think merely in terms of upfront cost. It is misleading. LED Bulbs are an appliance, like any other we use in our home. They are also an investment. The money you pay initially will be returned to you in the form of cash savings on your utility bills and the reduction in replacements costs.
GU10 LED are some of the most popular LED Light Bulbs around. As well as being efficient and long lasting, they are also fully compatible with all traditional GU10 fittings. It is this user-friendly element that makes them so popular. A typical GU10 LED will cost about £8 to £12. However, they also use a tiny 3 watts in power on average, while at the same time achieving the same lumen output as a traditional halogen 50 watt bulb. This is where the largest portion of your rate of return lies; the amount of money you save on your utility bill will be very high.
Moreover, a GU10 LED has a life expectancy of between 30,000 and 50,000 hours. This means they won’t have to be changed for a number of years. In the same time frame you can expect to change an incandescent light bulb up to 10 times. That means the replacement cost of an GU10 LED Bulb is significantly lower.
These are the two main factors to consider when working out what your LED investment equates to. There are more technical and precise specifications that can be calculated, such as the lumen-to-watt ratio, but for the average consumer these are not necessary.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Why LED Lighting Will Work For Your Office
It isn’t just your home that can profit from the implementation of energy efficient LED Lights; your workplace can as well. So when you’ve finished retrofitting your home it’s time to notify your employer about the benefits of LED Lighting. The chances are they have already been looking for ways to economize their business and bring their company in line with environmental standards.
Meeting the demands posed by workplace lighting is no small challenge. It requires close attention and careful decision making to address an issue that is ultimately twofold. Firstly, workplaces rely on lighting systems that are not only extensive, but also have to be lit for multiple hours a day, resulting in a cost that eats firmly into profit margins. Secondly, employers are responsible for lighting the workplace to a level that is deemed acceptable by government health and safety standards. When looking to economize on lighting an employer is unable, by law, to compromise on quality.
LED Lighting is able to meet the twofold objective of reducing energy consumption, and therefore cost, and maintain a high quality of workplace lighting. For many years the deplorable lensed troffer has been the thorn in the side of diligent office employees. They are noisy, flicker and produce a flat unnatural light that undermines productivity. In contrast, office fittings that use LEDs, such as T8 LED Tubes and LED Panel Lights, are completely silent, do not flicker and have a much better colour rendering index, which means interiors will look more natural to the naked eye.
By using a range of LED Light products you can create a variable lighting scheme throughout the entire workplace. Studies have shown that one of the main concerns for office employees is light quality in the workplace, and most prefer to dictate the lighting conditions they work under for themselves. By making such allowances certain real-world examples have managed to increase productivity significantly.
Office lighting also tends to be fairly inaccessible and replacing them is a time consuming and disruptive process. As LED Lights have a life expectancy of many years you will lower the maintenance requirements on your lighting system substantially.
Perhaps the best advantage of installing LED Lights is to create a positive, forward-looking image for your business. Visitors, associates and potential investors will be delighted to see the quality of your lighting and your consideration for the environment.
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