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Which type of light bulbs use ¼ of the energy used by incandescent bulbs?
Incandescent bulbs use 75-100 watts. Fluorescent bulbs use around 10 watts. LED bulbs usually use 1 watt.
How many watts does a light use?
Electric lights that use from 0.02 watts to 50,000 watts have been manufactured. The CFLs, fluorescent tubes, and incandescent bulbs in your house probably operate in the range of 20-100 watts.
How much energy to produce one light?
Lights vary tremendously in power, but the normal incandescent bulb takes 100 watts. Low energy bulbs can give the same light at 20 watts
Can halogen bulbs be directly replaced led bulbs?
Of course OK,You can use LED bulbs replace traditional bulbs with existing socket and voltage.I work in a manufactory of LED lights in China,if you have more quetions,you can send E-mail to me:hxg000000@hotmail.com
How many Lumen's can a 60 watt bulb produce?
This depends on the type of bulb and it's efficiency. Incandescent bulbs produce 700-900 lumens at 60 watts.
How many watts can you put on a light switch?
If we assume that you are using a common 15 Amp lighting circuit and switch and using 120 volts to power the bulbs then you need to keep the wattage at 80% of 15 amp worse case or 12 amps. Watts = amps x volts for standard incandescent bulbs. 12 x 120 = 1440 watts.
Can you use 40 watt in a fluorescent light in place of a 32?
Yes, the wattage is just the power consumption. A 30 watt Fluorescent will give more or less the same light as a incandescent bulb or 60 watts, which is the limit for your fixture for incandescent bulbs.
What watage light bulb do you use?
The typical household light bulb is the incandescent, they come in a variety of watts. Most used is the 40 watts, 60 watts, and 100 watts. Incandenscent are inexpensive and are the most common bulb for traidtional homes. Although fluorescent light bulbs are common in kitchens. Halogen light bulbs are more effeicient than incandecent they are better suited for offices, kitchens and lmaps. CFL (Compact Fluroescent Light) Bulb last longer than traditional incandescent. The LED (light emitting diodes) are becoming popular.
When did light bulbs start using watts?
Light bulbs have always used watts.
What are the most efficient light bulbs?
At present there are several types of light bulbs available for indoor domestic use.Arranged by their efficiency from least-to-most they are:Incandescent bulbs (60 watts)The old style light bulb emitting light from a hot filamentFluorescent tubes (30 to 40 watts)Several inch to several foot long tubes emitting light from a vacuum with a trace of Mercury vapour requiring a special fixtureCompact Fluorescent bulbs (15 watts)Roughly incandescent sized small fluorescent tubes designed to screw into standard light bulb fixturesLight Emitting Diode /LED's (5 watts)Small cool running lights using special mini-sockets or designed to fit into conventional sockets.Notes:Power requirements to provide as much light as a 60 watt incandescent bulb indicated in parenthesesBoth types of fluorescent tubes contain mercury and require special handling and disposal requirementsOutdoor lights would also include Mercury and Sodium vapour bulbs as well as high powered incandescent bulbs. These are more efficient than incandescent bulbs but the colour spectrum emitted and other aspects makes indoor use unlikely
What wattage in halogen bulb is equal to 300 watts in incandescent bulb?
Halogens are about 30% more efficient so 300 watts incandescent is equivalent to about 210 watts halogen. It's also equivalent in brightness to about 60 watts CFL.
How much do you save if ten 100 watt bulbs are replaced if LED bulb is six times more efficient?
If there are ten 16 watt LEDS instead of ten 100 watt incandescent bulbs, that would save ten times 84 watts, 840 watts, which is 0.84 kWh or units for each hour they are all switched on.
