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Why People Should Use Energy Saving Fluorescent Bulbs
Changing out older incandescent bulbs for an energy saving fluorescent bulb is one of the most simple ways to start saving energy. The common name for these bulbs are compact fluorescents. Yes. they can be expensive, but only if you buy one at a time. Don’t buy single compact fluorescent bulbs, buying in bulk can save you as much as $2.00 to $3.00 per bulb.
Reducing Energy Costs for some my seem a little overwhelming. All this talk about Solar, Wind and Thermal can be confusing to the average person. Below you will see the benefits of using compact fluorescent’s as a simple way to start reducing your energy cost .
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How to Pick the Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb
There’s something about compact fluorescent (or CFL) bulbs and the light they put out. The light looks different from what we’re used to with energy-wasting incandescent bulbs. Why is that? And is there a CFL that comes close to the light quality of incandescents?
There are two ways to describe indoor light: its color temperature and how it renders color on other objects.
Color temperature is easy to describe. As an example, look at an incandescent lamp, and then look at an overhead fluorescent tube. The lamp’s light is warm, yellowish and cozy, like a candle or a fireplace. The fluorescent tube’s light is colder and bluer in quality, more like daylight. Color temperature is measured in kelvins–the higher the value the cooler the light. So 2700K-3000K is considered “warm white” when you see that term on CFL packs, and 4100K+ is “cool white.” For indoor use you definitely want “warm white,” and if the pack lists the kelvin value then the lower the better.
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Achieving Mood Lighting and Saving Energy – are Fluorescent Lights Dimmable?
Dimmer switches can give a more relaxed feel to your home, and save you energy as well. But with the increasing prevalence of compact fluorescent lights or CFLs, many people are wondering what options they have for using a dimmer with these lights – or whether it saves more electricity to use a regular CFL, or to use incandescent or halogen bulbs on a dimmer switch.
Let’s start by putting to rest some misconceptions people have over the relative energy use of fluorescent, incandescent, and halogen bulbs.
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