Finer points of compact fluorescent lamps

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Things to Know About Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Introduced to the global market in the early 1990's, these lamps have grown in sales for many years especially as their quality increases. As these lamps are improved and demand increases the cost has slowly begun coming down to more favorable prices allowing these fluorescent compact bulbs to become more popular in home use.

There are many attributes giving to the compact fluorescent bulbs, however the most advantageous of them is that the fluorescent lamp will last approximately 9,000 hours longer than standard incandescent light bulbs. Fluorescent lamps also use approximately 1/4 of the power incandescent lamps use to product the same quality of lighting. These two main reasons can save you upwards of $50.00 per light bulb yearly when you switch from incandescent to fluorescent.

Equivalent light output for compact fluorescent lamps:

To show just how energy efficient these fluorescent lamps are, the Canadian electrical company sent out thousands of these light bulbs to their customers in 2003 to replace their old existing incandescent lamps. Many other utility companies also offer similar programs designed to help move their customers toward the use of these environmentally friendly and cost effective lamps.







 

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