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Also, LEDs can be made to respond well to being dimming where there are few to none in the way of fluorescent lights (including the common Compact Fluorescent Lamp (
CFL)) that can be dimmed at all.
And, having raised one of the many problems with
CFLs, which until recently have had the energy saving lighting market to themselves... they don't stand up to well to the new kid on the block on a whole range of other ...
... that require instant response times and/or rapid cycling (switching on and off) then again LEDs tolerate this type of abuse remarkably well, whereas both fluorescent and conventional filament based lamps will wear out very quickly. Also, LEDs can be made to respond well to being dimming where there are few to none in the way of fluorescent lights (including the common Compact Fluorescent Lamp (
CFL)) that can be dimmed at all.
And, having raised one of the many problems with
CFLs, which until recently have ...
One suspects that this may be due to the fact that when the ban on incandescent lighting technology was first conceived, the only viable alternative was Compact Fluorescent Lamps (
CFL) and these are no way acceptable as substitutes in terms of performance for regular halogen spot lights.
But of course a lot has changed in the intervening years (the phased withdrawal of incandescent light bulbs began in 2005) and not the least of which has been the introduction ...
... the continuing worldwide purge of incandescent light bulbs, halogen lamps have remained thus far immune from the cull. One suspects that this may be due to the fact that when the ban on incandescent lighting technology was first conceived, the only viable alternative was Compact Fluorescent Lamps (
CFL) and these are no way acceptable as substitutes in terms of performance for regular halogen spot lights.
But of course a lot has changed in the intervening years (the phased withdrawal of incandescent light bulbs began in 2005) and not the least of which has been the introduction of LED light bulbs designed and priced for the domestic ...
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The most well known low energy alternative to incandescent lamps are Compact Fluorescent Lamps (
CFLs), but there are a whole host of problems with
CFL bulbs that essentially condemn the technology as a blind alley, or at best a stop gap solution till something better ...
... particular are leading the way. The reasons are threefold:
Conventional incandescent lighting is being globally phased out and is therefore becoming increasingly scarce and will soon not be available as a domestic lighting option at all.
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The most well known low energy alternative to incandescent lamps are Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), but there are a whole host of problems with CFL bulbs that essentially condemn the technology as a blind alley, or at best a stop gap solution ...
e. very bright and directional.
Replacement options commonly include GU10 LED bulbs for mains voltage, MR16 LED for 12v lighting and the new GU24 base introduced for low power consumption light bulbs (this was originally intended to delineate
CFL bulbs before LED technology started parking its tanks on the low energy lighting lawn).
Light bulbs can be categorized a number of different ways:
technology ...
... light i.e. very bright and directional.
Replacement options commonly include GU10 LED bulbs for mains voltage, MR16 LED for 12v lighting and the new GU24 base introduced for low power consumption light bulbs (this was originally intended to delineate CFL bulbs before LED technology started parking its tanks on the low energy lighting lawn).
Light bulbs can be categorized a number of different ways:
technology used (halogen, LED, etc);
power rating (also often used as shorthand for ...
CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps) are what they sound (and look) like, small fluorescent tubes and most are about 4 times more efficient than equivalent brightness incandescent bulbs.
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are in fact a pair of ...
... lamps pass an electrical charge through a gas filled tube which excites the atoms in the gas and causes them to give off ultraviolet photons - these photons aren't actually visible to us but collide with a phosphor coating on the inside of the tube which converts some of that collision energy into heat but crucially creates secondary photons in the visible white light spectrum. CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps) are what they sound (and look) like, small fluorescent tubes and most are about 4 times more efficient than equivalent brightness ...
