There’s something about compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs and the light they put out. The light looks a little 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.
Step into a home today and three times out of five you will walk into a room with fluorescent lighting. With each passing year more home owners are turning to the welcomed efficiency found with this form of illumination. One of the reasons behind this trend is the improvement that has been made with the variety and style options available with fluorescent lighting. In the past, standard fluorescent lights were really plain and rather harsh on the eyes. Today however, that problem has easily been resolved thanks to the introduction of fluorescent light diffusers. Fluorescent light diffusers provide people with option of altering the intensity or focus of installed lighting. For even better results in design, the added aesthetic touch of decorative light panels can also be used. This type of lighting allows people to not only cater to the look of their walls and furniture but to their lighting sources as well. There are so many design options available to people today.
Thanks to this important evolution in fluorescent lighting, people are now provided with many of the options that they previously could only enjoy with incandescent lighting. People can now include the use of dimmer switches with their fluorescent bulbs or buy bulbs that are designed to fit into many of the standard incandescent light fixtures that are in use today. Add in the fact that fluorescent bulbs are capable of producing the same amount of illumination than the higher rated incandescent bulb while saving vast amount of energy and producing no heat and it is easy to see why its use has become so common.
Standard incandescent light bulbs have been around for many years, but they are inefficient light sources. In fact, incandescent bulbs only produce light equal to about 3-5% of the energy they consume. Most of the rest of the energy is wasted as heat. (You know this if you have ever burned yourself by touching a bulb that was on?) Incandescent bulbs can be fairly described as heaters that happen to give off some light.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are a relatively recent innovation that offers both energy savings and cost savings, and many consumers have questions about them Here are answers to three of the most common ones.