Are Cfls replacements for Tube lights?
Cfls can be cold to the eyes too.
Cfls actually work pretty well, with certain very specific exceptions.
The production of Cfls in India also started around that time.
The present demand of ICLs and Cfls is more than 1.1 billion units every year.
This is the reason why a lot of people feel that Cfls produce lesser lights than tubelights.
Cfls: Cfls have been regarded as the best energy
saving option in our country since quite some time.
All the normal light points/ Cfls in office buildings, school, Dispensary and Staff Quarters have already been replaced with LED bulbs.
Early Cfls hit the market in the mid-1980s at retail prices of $25-35,
but prices could vary widely by region because of the different promotions carried out by utility companies.
Fluorescent tube lights and Cfls convert electricity to visible light up to 5
times more efficiently than ordinary bulbs and thus save about 70% of electricity for the same lighting levels.
Fluorescent tube lights and Compact Fluorescent Lamps(Cfls) covert electricity to visible light
up to 5 times more efficiently than ordinary bulbs and thus save upto 70% of electricity of the same lighting levels.
But immediate replacement is not advised for existing Cfls and LEDs, unless your main concern is helping to reduce power-plant emissions,
according to the study scheduled for publication Nov. 15 in Environmental Research Letters.
Cfls act as a point source of light(light originating from one point)
whereas tubelights are line source(tubelights have bigger lengths) and thus the area covered by tubelights is lot more than that of Cfls.
A“normal” incandescent bulb costs about 0.75cents per hour, and LEDs or Cfls cost only one-sixth of that-
so leaving the lights on(either overnight or while you're at work for the day, say both are about 8 hours) costs you roughly 6 cents for a normal light and a bit over 1 cent for modern bulbs.