Christophe wrote:Ah no Maloche, you do what you want ... even if you are wrong ... it's your money after all
But you are still 10 years behind !!! Compact fluorescents (excluding chinoiserie) are no longer sensitive to ON / OFF ...
We have semi-Chinese (6 € each) in a shed for almost 1 year where the ON / OFF last about 30 seconds ... 5 to 10 times a day.
I did express to "test" ... and it seems to hold!
Ah ah! I knew you couldn't resist
!Since the Chinese produce their energy with not filtered crado Charcoal, these fluoresconneries are not so ecological that that
The disadvantages of low consumption lamps are:
Potentially binding recommendations for use. Indeed, the low consumption lamps are intended for a stable power supply (no dimmer for example). Except some high-end models, with dimmer integrated into their electronic ballast.
The presence of fluorescent powders and a gas based on mercury vapor in the tube, which are non-hazardous during use, means that these lamps constitute a hazardous waste requiring special disposal. Recovery services now exist, but are little known to the general public (identification by HG), which should bring the old tubes back to dealers.
Manufacturers are actively working to modify the formulation of fluorescent substances, so as to make said substances recyclable and less polluting.
A fluorescent lamp is sometimes even larger than an incandescent lamp of equivalent brightness.
It takes a certain time (of the order of a few tens of seconds) for fluorescent lamps to reach their optimal light intensity. This is not a problem for prolonged use (for example in living rooms ...), but can be annoying when the lamp is only used for short periods (corridor or staircase lighting).
Color rendering (CRI), around 85, is worse than that of an incandescent lamp. This means that some colors are distorted because the spectrum of light is not complete. For example, the color rendering of the skin is altered.
The recent quality models minimize the defects presented above. Note that cheap compact fluorescent lamps do not have these developments:
The ignition time is almost immediate for some models, for others, the rise of the flow is very fast compared to the old models.
It is also necessary to point out the emission of high frequency radiation in a sphere of three meters around the bulb, this radiation is potentially harmful for the human body, and its intensity is all the stronger as one approaches the bulb. [1]
But let's admit;
I will save € 1 per year per bulb by removing an OK motion detector (but I don't want to!
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and these lamps work around 12 x 1minute per day or 12x320 days = 64 hours per year
The consumption of a fluorescent is around 20W for the equivalent of incandescent 60W (this is not true because of the heating time)
Consumption of a fluorescent in this case: 64 x 0.020KW = 1.28 KW.h
Consumption of incandescent in this case: 64 x 0.060KW = 3.84 KW.h
around 0 € 20 (PFF) savings per year in this case and 5 € of additional investment
Theoretically these fluorescents should last 5 years, financially speaking I am not a winner
and for living rooms, is the light spectrum good? won't i look like a zombie with tes lamps
On a living room like the kitchen for example
with the light working around 3h / per day for 6 months (winter)
3x6x30days = 540hours of halogen 100W
540x0.1 = 54 KW.h per year i.e. 5.4 € per year
5 times less for a fluorescent
around 4 € savings per year in this case and 4 € of heating to compensate
because in summer this lamp hardly works
