What does CFL mean?
compact fluorescent lamp
compact fluorescent lamp; compact fluorescent light; compact fluorescent light bulb.
What is fluorescent luminaire?
A lighting fixture containing a series of fluorescent lamps in a reflector, either suspended from the ceiling or housed in the surface of a ceiling, with diffusing grilles that can be lowered when the lamps need replacement.
What does CFL lamp mean?
CFL stands for compact fluorescent lamp, and it is a small fluorescent light bulb that uses 75% less energy than a traditional incandescent bulb and can be screwed into a regular light socket.
What is CFL ballast?
Compact fluorescent ballasts are used to manage the starting and running power sent to CFL lamps. As with other ballasts, you have several choices, including: * Magnetic CFL ballasts, which are an older technology. These are not as efficient, but they run well in cold weather.
What is full CFL?
A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also called compact fluorescent light, energy-saving light and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent light bulb; some types fit into light fixtures designed for incandescent bulbs.
How does a CFL work?
The white powder coating inside the glass tubing of a CFL contains a fluorescent coating. When electricity enters a CFL, mercury and argon fumes inside the bulb produce invisible ultraviolet (UV) light. This UV light reacts with the fluorescent coating to produce the white, visible light you see when you turn on a CFL.
What is a Balaster?
June 2003. ballast – A device required by electric-discharge light sources such as fluorescent or HID lamps to regulate voltage and current supplied to the lamp during start and throughout operation.
Which is brighter incandescent or fluorescent?
Fluorescent light is a bright light produced by electricity flowing through a tube filled with ionized gas. Fluorescent light bulbs are more energy-efficient than incandescent bulbs. They take time to reach their full brightness and tend to be slightly more expensive than incandescent bulbs but last much longer.
What does 13 watt CFL mean?
A 13 watt CFL bulb provides approximately 900 lumens. That means you can get the same amount of light while using much less energy.
What enclosed luminaires?
Enclosed fixtures are lighting fixtures which keep a tight seal around the light source. This could be for many reasons, such as keeping water out or simply to protect the circuitry underneath. However, even with LEDs, the lighting is also a heat source and in enclosed fixtures the light has less space to spread out.
Do all CFLs contain mercury?
On average, CFLs contain about four milligrams of mercury sealed within the glass tubing. By comparison, older thermometers contain about 500 milligrams of mercury – an amount equal to the mercury in over 100 CFLs.