Energy-saving fluorescent lamps

Probably many of us, walking with a basket in a supermarket, passing by the department of electrical goods, have seen energy-saving fluorescent lamps. Some found themselves thinking, why not buy, try? But everyone immediately lost the desire to buy when they saw the price of this product. If we compare the price of a fluorescent lamp with the price of an incandescent lamp, then we can say that incandescent lamps are just a gift to us.

The choice of lamps when wiring apartments

Why do all professional electricians, when doing apartment electrical installation or house electrical installation, advise owners to buy energy-saving lamps? Let's determine all the pros and cons of energy saving fluorescent lights and dot the 'i's' on whether or not to buy them.First, as usual, we will list the advantages of energy-saving lamps over incandescent lamps: they consume 5 times less electricity, last 10 times longer, emit little heat, do not blind the eyes and do not require a special cartridge. In other words, if an incandescent lamp fails on average after 1000 hours of operation, a fluorescent lamp works for 12000 hours, with a conventional lamp, only 5% of the electricity is converted into light, and the rest goes to heat the room.

For example, a 12 W energy-saving lamp replaces a 60 W incandescent lamp in terms of brightness, and a 15 W replaces a conventional 75 W lamp. Another advantage appears when exercising electrical installation of apartments, in particular, replacing chandeliers — fluorescent lamps do not heat up like incandescent lamps and make it possible to use more fragile sconces.

The time has come to list the disadvantages of fluorescent lamps: the use of mercury, the high price, they do not like frequent switching on and off, they do not withstand voltage drops. After determining the advantages and disadvantages of fluorescent lamps, it becomes clear why experts who carry out electrical installation of apartments or repair electricians advise to immediately purchase energy-saving lamps for the whole house.

The conclusion of the lines written above is that incandescent lamps, which most of us use everywhere, have long been considered obsolete and are almost never used in civilized countries, but are being successfully replaced by more profitable and economical fluorescent ones. .Therefore, when you start wiring a house or wiring an apartment, listen to the professionals, who all surveys advise to install energy-saving lamps throughout the house at the same time.