This article is the first of a list of practical things you can do to save lots of money on your monthly electric consumption bills with DIY cut monthly electricity costs. You could get yourself some new green products or even take you and your family on a mini vacation.
CFL is what's called a Compact Fluorescent Lamp or a circular fluorescent bulb. CFL and incandescent bulbs each generate light in different ways.
Incandescent light bulbs essentially work the same way Thomas Edison invented them. Light is produced after electricity is connected to both sides of the carbon filament causing it to get hot. Normal fluoro tubes and CFLs have a closed glass tube that has a fluoro coating which glows as current is applied to the mercury vapour and argon inside.
You might've heard how the incandescent bulbs work but if you are using the bulb more than a couple of times a year, your money is being wasted, no matter how cheap the bulb was. Green products can help you save your money. Saving around 75% in costs is the newer Energy Star compact fluorescent lights compared with the incandescent bulbs. A CFL light bulb will save you about $30 over its lifetime and pay for itself within 6 months!
There are different choices for the color of the light omitted from the CFL bulbs these days. Changing the mood of any room in the house, office, hotel etc is now very possible. The CFL color choices vary from a daylight blue to a warm yellow. Choosing a warmer colored light would be the right choice if you prefer incandescent bulbs. A good thing to remember is that the bluer light can be quite harsh and have negative effects on light sensitive people.
Take a look on the packaging for a number that ends in K which stands for Kelvin, it gives you the temperature of the bulb. A Kelvin rating of 2700K-3000K means it's a warm/yellow bulb. If you're looking for a cool white bulb look for a rating of 3500K-4100K. And if you wanted the Daylight Blue bulb look for a Kelvin rated bulb of 5000K-6500K.
If you are looking to replace 40 watt incandescent bulbs, use 9-13 watt CFL bulbs. Use a 13-15 watt CFL to replace a 60 watt incandescent. For a 75 watt incandescent use an 18-25 watt CFL. And look for the 23-30 watt CFLs if you want to replace 100 watt incandescent bulbs.
All your used fluoro bulbs should be attempted to be recycled. Some states forbid mixing used bulbs that contain mercury with solid waste trash. The reason is there is around 5 milligrams of mercury in one CFL bulb.
Places such as ACE Hardware, Orchard (OSH), IKEA and Home Depot will take your used green CFL products and dispose of them responsibly.
If you are looking for decorative lights, Energy Star qualified light emitting diode bulbs (LED) are a great alternative. These LEDs use up to 90% less energy than the same incandescent bulbs to produce exactly the same amount of light! It has been said that you can power 140 LEDs with the power required to burn one single 7 watt incandescent bulb!
Give the CFLs a try for inside and the LEDs for the outside. The bulbs will help the environment and keep lots of money in your pocket at the same time. - 29939
CFL is what's called a Compact Fluorescent Lamp or a circular fluorescent bulb. CFL and incandescent bulbs each generate light in different ways.
Incandescent light bulbs essentially work the same way Thomas Edison invented them. Light is produced after electricity is connected to both sides of the carbon filament causing it to get hot. Normal fluoro tubes and CFLs have a closed glass tube that has a fluoro coating which glows as current is applied to the mercury vapour and argon inside.
You might've heard how the incandescent bulbs work but if you are using the bulb more than a couple of times a year, your money is being wasted, no matter how cheap the bulb was. Green products can help you save your money. Saving around 75% in costs is the newer Energy Star compact fluorescent lights compared with the incandescent bulbs. A CFL light bulb will save you about $30 over its lifetime and pay for itself within 6 months!
There are different choices for the color of the light omitted from the CFL bulbs these days. Changing the mood of any room in the house, office, hotel etc is now very possible. The CFL color choices vary from a daylight blue to a warm yellow. Choosing a warmer colored light would be the right choice if you prefer incandescent bulbs. A good thing to remember is that the bluer light can be quite harsh and have negative effects on light sensitive people.
Take a look on the packaging for a number that ends in K which stands for Kelvin, it gives you the temperature of the bulb. A Kelvin rating of 2700K-3000K means it's a warm/yellow bulb. If you're looking for a cool white bulb look for a rating of 3500K-4100K. And if you wanted the Daylight Blue bulb look for a Kelvin rated bulb of 5000K-6500K.
If you are looking to replace 40 watt incandescent bulbs, use 9-13 watt CFL bulbs. Use a 13-15 watt CFL to replace a 60 watt incandescent. For a 75 watt incandescent use an 18-25 watt CFL. And look for the 23-30 watt CFLs if you want to replace 100 watt incandescent bulbs.
All your used fluoro bulbs should be attempted to be recycled. Some states forbid mixing used bulbs that contain mercury with solid waste trash. The reason is there is around 5 milligrams of mercury in one CFL bulb.
Places such as ACE Hardware, Orchard (OSH), IKEA and Home Depot will take your used green CFL products and dispose of them responsibly.
If you are looking for decorative lights, Energy Star qualified light emitting diode bulbs (LED) are a great alternative. These LEDs use up to 90% less energy than the same incandescent bulbs to produce exactly the same amount of light! It has been said that you can power 140 LEDs with the power required to burn one single 7 watt incandescent bulb!
Give the CFLs a try for inside and the LEDs for the outside. The bulbs will help the environment and keep lots of money in your pocket at the same time. - 29939
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