Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Most recent update anywhere in this site other than notes of progress in linked sites 3102019.

Compact fluorescent lamps. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor which produces short wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor coating on the inside of the lamp to glow. Some local businesses are voluntarily taking back spent fluorescent lamps from their customers. Most recent update on linked sites 1152019. These companies are going above what the law requires meeting the needs of their customers and doing whats best for the environment.

Contact us page shipping policy page return policy page. Fluorescent tubes by far the most common form of fluorescent lighting but rarely found in residential buildings are much more energy efficient than incandescent lamps and are ideally suited to illumination of large indoor areas of commercial or industrial buildings. The curlicue compact fluorescent lamps cfls oft touted as an earth friendly alternative to standard incandescent bulbs may cause skin damage according to a new study by researchers at stony. Compact fluorescent lamp identification.

Some types fit into light fixtures designed for incandescent bulbs. Compact fluorescent light bulbs are the way consumers are trending. Compact fluorescent bulbs sho standard sockets. Compact fluorescent lamps bulbs are either pin based they plug into a socket or they are medium screw based they screw into the same socket as common incandescent bulbs.

A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a low pressure mercury vapor gas discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.