Green Supply "Swag Bag Sponsor" for American Cancer Society's Bags, Baubles and Baskets Event

Green Supply is a "Swag Bag Sponsor" for American Cancer Society's Bags, Baubles and Baskets event, in which Green Supply's Foldable Reusable Stripe Shopping Bags were donated to support this great event and great organization. More information regarding Green Supply reusable bags can be found here: http://www.agreensupply.com/categories/Reusable-Bag/

Here is more details about American Cancer Society's Bags, Baubles and Baskets event:
May 12th, 2011 6-9pm at Galdieux Meadows in Toledo, OH (4480 Heatherdowns Blvd. Toledo, OH 43614)
Women's night out focusing on health.
Buffet dinner with foods to support healthy living.
Silent Auction, Purse Bingo, and much more!
American Cancer Society is a great organization that helps create a world with more birthdays and less cancer! Please support the American Cancer Society.

About Green Supply:

Green Supply is your online store for Green household products with a simple mission: "Green Supply for now and future" starts from our home with the products we use and consume. Green Supply products have these Green qualities: Environmentally-friendly, Non-toxic, Reusability, Energy efficiency, Recycled content and Reduced waste. Green Supply main focus products are LED home lighting, LED light bulbs, LED Christmas lights and reusable bags. For more information about products offered by Green Supply can be found at: http://www.agreensupply.com/pages/Shop.html.re LED home lighting, LED light bulbs, LED Christmas lights and reusable bags. For more information about products offered by Green Supply can be found at: http://www.agreensupply.com/pages/Shop.html.

Savings on Electricity Bill by Using LED Christmas Lights Versus Incandescent

Many of you are wondering, are there significant electricity bill savings by switching from incandescent Christmas lights to LED Christmas lights (turned on at most 1 to 2 months during the holiday season)?

Here is the answer based on these simple calculations:

• Green Supply LED String Lights (10 meters (32.8 feet) with 100 LED bulbs) consume up to 5 watts per string.
• Regular incandescent Christmas string lights consume 5 to 10 watts per bulb => 500 to 1,000 watts per 100 bulbs string lights.
• Assume on average Christmas string lights turned on for 6 hours everyday in December and January.
• Assume cost of electricity bill is $0.15 per kWh
• Let's begin the calculation based on above consumption and assumption of use:
  
  • Green Supply LED String Lights electricity bill for December and January:
    • [5 watts * (6 hours/ day * 62 days)] / 1000 * $0.15 kWh => $0.279
  • Regular incandescent string lights electricity bill for December and January:
    • [500 to 1,000 watts * (6 hours/ day * 62 days)] / 1000 * $0.15 kWh => $27.90 to $55.80
  • Electricity bill savings by switching to Green Supply LED String Lights:
    
    • $55.80 - $0.279 => $55.52 electricity bill savings for 2 months!
      

Green Supply LED String Light pays for itself with an extra $40 in your pocket!

Click here for more information about Green Supply LED String Lights.

How to Minimize Electric Circuit Overload and Minimize Fire Hazard Risk with LED Christmas Lights?

Especially during holiday season, many homes experience electric circuit overload, which causes the fuse to blow, the circuit breaker to trip and/ or wires to overheat, which leads to fire hazard.

What is the reason for this?

The reason for electric circuit overload is having appliances draw more power from the electric circuit than what the electric circuit provides.

Typical electric circuit in residential homes provides 15 to 20 amps of electric current. The way to determine the amount of electric current (in amps) provided by each circuit is by looking at the circuit breaker box, in which a number is printed on the end of each switch to indicate the number of amps for that circuit.

One electric circuit can supply electricity for several outlets. The way to determine which outlets are supplied by the electric circuit is to switch off the electric circuit and check which outlets work or not work when the electric circuit is off.

So you are wondering, why does electric circuit overload has to do with Christmas lights?

Many of you probably don't know that regular incandescent Christmas lights can draw more power than they seem, especially when several lights run and are extended on a single electric circuit.

Here are some simple calculations to determine how many incandescent and LED Christmas lights can run on a single electric circuit (calculations do not include other electrical appliances powered by the same electric circuit):

Voltage (in volts) * Current (in amps) = Total Power (in watts)
Voltage from electric outlet (in U.S.) = 120 volts
Electric circuit provides current of 15 to 20 amps
120 volts * 15 to 20 amps = 1800 to 2400 watts of total power per electric circuit

Useable power is only 80% of the total power:
Total Power (in watts) * 0.8 = Useable power
1800 to 2400 watts * 0.8 = 1440 to 1920 watts of useable power per electric circuit

# of Christmas light bulbs that can run on electric circuit = Useable power / power per light bulb
Below table show how many regular incandescent versus LED Christmas Lights can run on electric circuit.

Type of Christmas Light Bulb; Wattage per bulb	# of Christmas Light Bulb per 15 amps circuit	# of Christmas Light Bulb per 20 amps circuit	# of 100-bulbs string lights per circuit
Mini LED bulb; 0.05 watt per bulb (Green Supply LED String Lights)	28,800	38,400	288 to 384 Green Supply LED String Lights per circuit
Regular incandescent C7 light bulb; 5 watts	288	384	2.88 to 3.84 (~3 string lights)
Regular incandescent C9 light bulb; 10 watts	144	192	1.44 to 1.92 (~1 string light)

From the above table, it shows that up to 384 Green Supply 100-bulbs LED Christmas Lights can be powered by one electric circuit versus only up to 1 to 3 regular incandescent 100-bulbs string lights per electric circuit without causing electric overload.

Switching to LED Christmas Lights can help minimize electric circuit overload and minimize fire hazard risk. Here is more information about Green Supply LED String Lights: http://www.agreensupply.com/categories/LED-Christmas-Lights/String-Lights/

Cyber Monday Week Deals!

We are starting our celebration of Cyber Monday week with week-long of unbelievable prices (prices drop by 50% or more with use of coupon codes).

Here are some coupon codes to start the celebration:

1) $0.25 All-Purpose Microfiber Cleaning Cloth: 25Cents-Microfiber

2) 50% off Lighted Holiday Greeting Card: HolidayGreetingCard50%

From $4.95 to $2.48 (Posted 11/28)

3) 50% off Bicycle LED Light Set: 50%BicycleLED
From $18.95 to $9.48 (Posted 11/29)

4) 50% off MR16 LED Light GX5.3 Base (12V DC), Low Light Intensity (~7.5W Halogen), Natural White or Warm White Color: MR16Low50%
From $9.45 to $4.73 (Posted 11/30)

5) 50% off MR16 LED Light Bulb GU10 Base (110 to 120V AC, Electric Plug), Low Light Intensity (~7.5W Halogen, Natural White or Warm White Color: MR16Low50%
From $9.95 to $4.98 (Posted 11/30)

6) $1 off LED String Lights - Red Color: LEDSTRINGRED$1OFF
From $14.95 to $13.95 (Posted 12/1)

7) 50% off Flameless Candles: FlamelessCandle50%
From $4.95 to $2.48 (Posted 12/2)

Black Friday Deal: $0.25 Microfiber Cleaning Cloth

Black Friday Deal: $0.25 Microfiber Cleaning Cloth
Use this coupon code: 25Cents-Microfiber

This coupon code only applies for this Thanksgiving weekend and ends 11/28/2010.
Based on available inventory.

More info about Green Supply Microfiber Cleaning Cloth can be found here:
http://www.agreensupply.com/products/All%252dPurpose-Microfiber-Cleaning-Cloth.html

Updated List of Green Supply Coupon Codes 10% to 50%

LED Home Lighting/ LED Light Bulbs 10% off: Save10%LED
Microfiber Cloth and Towel 10% off: Save10%Microfiber

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