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You live in a cold climate If you replace incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs how do you replace the loss heat from those bulbs that heated up your home?
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You're replacing the bulbs to lower your electricity bill? There's no way to replace the heat loss. If you buy an electric heater your monthly bill will be higher. You have to decide whether you can adapt to the heat loss by wearing a sweater indoors. If not, you might decide not to switch bulbs.
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What is the difference between cCFL and CFL?
A CFL, or compact fluorescent lamp, is a type of fluorescent lamp intended to replace traditional incandescent lamps. Advantages of CFL's include lower power use, a longer rated life, and significantly lower greenhouse gas emission. However, these lights tend to have higher purchase prices than those of incandescent alternatives. A CCFL, or cold cathode fluorescent lamp, is any type of fluorescent lamp in which the cathode is not independently heated. Neon lights are common examples of CCFL's.
How is eletrical energy converted in light energy?
In an incandescent light bulb, the wire is heated until it glows.In a fluorescent light bulb, atoms are excited, which means the electrons are raised to higher enerty levels. When they fall back, they emit light.In an incandescent light bulb, the wire is heated until it glows.In a fluorescent light bulb, atoms are excited, which means the electrons are raised to higher enerty levels. When they fall back, they emit light.In an incandescent light bulb, the wire is heated until it glows.In a fluorescent light bulb, atoms are excited, which means the electrons are raised to higher enerty levels. When they fall back, they emit light.In an incandescent light bulb, the wire is heated until it glows.In a fluorescent light bulb, atoms are excited, which means the electrons are raised to higher enerty levels. When they fall back, they emit light.
What is incandescent light bulb?
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light which produces light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows.
What does incandescent dictionary?
Incandescent typically refers to emitting light as a result of being heated. It can also describe something that is extremely bright, luminous, or passionate.
How is electricity turned into light?
That varies, depending on the technology. In an incandescent light bulb, a wire is heated when electricity passes through it, until it glows. In a fluorescent light bulb, atoms in a gas get into an excited state, and emit light when the electrons fall back to their normal energy level.
What part of speech is incandescent?
Adjective ( emitting light, usually as a result of being heated)
What is the difference between incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs?
Incandescent lightbulbs have an electrical circuit that passes through a tungsten wire. As the electricity flows, the tungsten is heated up to a point where it emits light waves. Gases (xenon, I think) help sustain the wire until it breaks. This is when the light stops and needs to be replaced. (the tungsten also emits heat when lit) Incandescent lights have the full spectrum of colors. Fluorescent bulbs are filled with a gas and a bit of mercury. Electricity gives the ions in the gas energy, which is released in the form of light. This method sustains the bulb far longer than an incandescent lightbulb. Fluorescents release much less heat, making them more energy efficient. However, the spectrum of the fluorescent bulb is missing a few colors of the spectrum, which makes the spectrum look cool and incredibly weird.A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce short-wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor coating on the inside of the bulb to fluoresce (glow), producing visible light.
How do you spell florecent?
The correct spelling is fluorescent (type of lighting, the light coming from heated gases).
How many times light on and off in 1 second?
A fluorescent tube turns on and off 60 times a second in north America. An incandescent light is lit by a heated filament, so although the current changes direction 60 times a second to the bulb, it does not have enough time to cool down, so it doesnt turn off.
Does a light bulb convert electrical energy to both heat and light energy?
Yes. Heat is radiated as infra-red, a longer wavelength than visible light, but otherwise similar. Incandescent light bulbs with a heated filament emit infra-red light as heat, and only a small part of the emission is visible. Other light bulbs using electrical discharges in neon gas (known as fluorescent bulbs) do not produce as much infra-red, and are more efficient in the conversion of electrical energy into light. If you feel a fluorescent tube you will find it is only warm, but DO NOT feel an incandescent bulb or you will burn your hand, its so hot.
Name two objects which are non-luminous at room temperature but can be made luminous when heated?
-- the filament in an incandescent light bulb-- the coils in a bread toaster
What is the filament in lights?
Filament is a thin part of incandescent bulb which is the source of electric light that electric current passes through and heated it until it produce light.
