Shortage of electricity is one of the major issues that the world is facing today, and therefore, people are looking for different ways in which they can save more electricity. CFL, also known as compact fluorescent lamp or compact fluorescent light is considered as the best thing that you can use to bring down your electricity bills. In many parts of the world people are now switching to CFLs rather than using the incandescent lamps that would consume a lot of electricity and add more to your electricity bills.
If you take a quick look into the history of CFLs then you will find that the first CFL was patented in 1890 by Peter Cooper Hewitt but it was in 1938 when General Electric and George Inman teamed up together to launch their commercial fluorescent lamp. However, today spiral CFLs are more popular than any other shape because they provide you with more light output and do not consume more electricity. Apart from consuming less electricity CFLs have other advantages and that is they have more lifespan than normal incandescent lamps. Most of the CFLs produced in the world have 15 times more life than the regular bulbs and tubes. Hence, you don’t need to keep a check on them once you have installed them.
CFLs radiate a different light spectrum as compared to that of incandescent lamps. CFLs do not heat up so much, and therefore, they do not warm up the interiors like incandescent lamps do. We normally look out for lighting options that provide us more lighting and cooling effects, and you can certainly achieve that with CFLs. Hence, CFLs can help us bring down the room temperature and keep it cool while providing more brightness to it compare to incandescent lights. Apart from that CFLs are made up of anti-fire plastics and therefore, these lamps are not fire hazards. Many top companies that sell CFLs also have Energy Star rating information provided on the label for buyers’ reference.
