by Shane Henson — August 23, 2013—All light bulbs are not created equal, and in efforts to further improve its line of energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions, EfficientNow Inc. announced that it has introduced LED SureGuard to make its LEDs both an energy-efficient choice and a safer choice for consumers.
According to the California-based company, this built-in patented semiconductor lighting technology extends LED bulb design life, actively monitors bulb operating temperature, and automatically turns off EfficientNow LED bulbs to avoid a fire hazard if it senses danger. Even though EfficientNow’s commercial and Pearl residential LED bulbs are cool to the touch at all times, the company has built LED SureGuard into its products to assure people that its LEDs are safe no matter how or where they are installed.
As EfficientNow explains, the likelihood of overheating and resulting fire increases if an LED bulb is placed in an enclosure or near a heat source. LED SureGuard prevents damage to light sockets, circuits, lamps, rugs, carpets and floors from overheated bulbs. With its “cool to the touch at all times” feature, and the embedded SureGuard technology, Pearl bulbs offers what EfficientNow believes is incomparable longevity. Comparison tests show that Pearl LED bulbs last 25,000 hours, which is more than four times longer than a compact fluorescent and 25 times longer than an incandescent bulb, the company says.
“Our LED bulbs are the coolest operating bulbs, making them especially safe for children and pets. In March of this year, more than 550,000 bulbs from other manufacturers were recalled due to fire risk, and this made us re-evaluate our products to make sure they were safe,” says Michael Strohecker, chief executive officer and co-founder of EfficientNow. “Previously, consumers only had price and performance to go by when making their buying decisions. Now they can decide based on safety as well.”
