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re: flourescent lights
19 may 2001
timothy j. lee wrote:
>when deciding whether to replace incandescent lights with
>flourescent lights, what kind of usage patterns make the
>switch effective at saving electricity (money)?
turning on a cf reduces its life by about 6 minutes out of 10,000 hours.
the electricity consumption during turn-on is negligible. if your 25 w
cf costs $10 and delivers the same amount of light as a 50 cent 100 w
1,000 hour incandescent, what's the minimum average breakeven on-time?
nick
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