Lamps and lighting equipment not only is a necessary daily expenses, they also affect the way we live, work and play aspects.
To celebrate the ever-changing technology to make our lighting more comfortable when in use, more flexible and more efficient. On how to use light bulbs,glue stick how to make our lighting more comfortable experience, together to share seven you should know do not know.
1. In the green lighting equipment for every $ 1 invested in energy consumption could save $ 6.
Standard incandescent bulbs (bulbs) is very inefficient, the 90% -98% of the electricity consumed by the heat rather than light. The fluorescent lamps, including the electronic energy saving lamps (CFL) in the same power condition, compared with incandescent energy saving 75%.
Today, many families have learned that common sense, but few people really use the CLF calculations instead of incandescent bulbs can save much electricity. IanWoofenden in his book "WindPowerforDummies" done in statistics: a 75-watt incandescent light 6 hours per day to 32 cents / kWh basis,glue gun the tariff is $ 54 a year (including the cost of replacement bulbs , 75 cents per bulb count.) Now used to replace 20-watt CFL, lighting effect the same, 14 dollars can save electricity each year. The price of one energy-saving lamps is 6 U.S. dollars to 6 hours per day, the service life of 4 years, 4 years on average, 15.5 U.S. dollars per year in electricity. Compared with incandescent lamps, use energy-saving lamps per year is $ 38.5 savings. That is 642 percent per year return on investment.
This is difficult to match the return ah, no wonder they have to switch to energy-hungry energy-efficient lighting equipment. Very few other technologies can achieve such a large return on investment, using energy-saving lamps than the use of solar or wind power to generate electricity cheaper.
Tips: For most families, the light bulb only a very small part of household electricity, about 9%. Even if the family are replaced by energy saving lamp lights, it will not be making a fortune Oh. But for commercial electricity for lighting, electricity accounted for 38% of the share is still very worth for the.
2. Not all fluorescent lamps are long life.
Buy a home after a number of discount fluorescent erupted with a few lighting effects to bad or very bad. Fluorescent lamps on the market is good and bad. In the choice, to watch out for "Energy Star" logo. In addition to energy savings, but also pay attention to whether there are two valid product warranty cards, lamp life is 6,000 hours, use light bulbs should not be rattled, and the lamp should be lit after power within 1 second and 3 minutes 80% of the output power, light bulbs containing mercury do not exceed 5 mg.
Tips: The environment will be reduced at low temperature (energy-saving lamp) fluorescent lamp life.
3. Discarded in the trash fluorescent light should not be thrown away.
All light bulbs contain mercury, but mercury is toxic. If you accidentally break a bulb, they should immediately open the window ventilation for at least 15 minutes. Cardboard to sweep up debris, small fragments can be taped up, and then placed in airtight container (preferably glass container), hazardous waste disposal to collect the trash.
Fluorescent than incandescent low mercury content, in this context of environmental protection than ordinary incandescent lamp.
4. Install dimmer than for energy-saving light bulbs.
Lighting experts suggest that if you can only make a change to your lighting dimmers then install it. While energy saving energy saving lamp, but it is not as good as incandescent light, not necessarily for the user to adapt. At this time, the dimmer can provide flexible, comfortable, beautiful lighting experience and lighting effects. Even if you never used have installed dimmer, it can also save you 4% of energy consumption, because the dimmer circuit system to optimize energy efficiency.
Whenever you use light dimmers to reduce the time, you save energy. Dimmer now been equipped with remote control, you can match the whole house lighting system, even with "security" and "convenience" from the definition of the purpose of programming.
5. Dimmer halogen bulb is the best companion.
Compared with incandescent bulbs, halogen bulbs, energy saving 10% -40%, life expectancy is 2-3 times. Cost-effective, while halogen bulbs are an excellent companion dimmer.
As long as the dimmer with the use of incandescent lamps with halogen bulbs can also be as bright, and the process of change in light and dark is very stable. The halogen bulbs dim, and make their life expectancy, and thus more energy. And its petite size makes moving halogen bulbs for lighting projection, using a wider range.
In contrast, the ordinary and can not adjust the brightness CFL. Higher cost of ballast installation costs, and the brightness adjustment is not crescendo decrescendo type, is stage-like; every turn on the lights need to re-adjust the brightness level. Although the LED lights can be adjusted brightness, but the scope is relatively narrow.
6. Standard overhead lights (fluorescent tubes) is the most was the lighting options.
Small and light tubes we grew up with, regardless of the living room, rooms, teachers are all-optical tube. That is the most easy to install lighting, interior decoration, however insiders know, the light tubes is to allow people the most uncomfortable light eyes. It often produce dazzling light and shadow, causing eye fatigue, making people feel dizzy, and reduced efficiency.
Experts suggest that any one place should have two light sources and light source is not located in the central part of the head side. Architectural lighting design by spending very little money, to stunning lighting effects.
Installed in the cabinet according to the ceiling at the top of the small lights that can visually make your kitchen larger and more warm. Installed on the wall in the wall, make the room look more elegant. If you've been to Hollister stores, you can learn the spotlight created by the comedy.
Lighting design for the bedroom, you can use recessed lighting (the best effect of light shooting foot of the bed), with a table lamp or bedside lamp placed parallel to do the reading light. In the office, the use of soft lens to disperse fluorescent light source, with a wall lamp or natural light to light. In the basement, which will help embedded light-colored walls, roof and ceiling lights to light the better.
7.LED light use will become more common.
The emergence of LED lights has been for several decades, but the most common light only in recent few years. Their development is very rapid, as the pace of decline as their prices. Several major manufacturers (General Electric, Philips, West Tiffany) promises to provide an improved LED lamp with 12 watts instead of 60-watt LED light bulbs, the new LED lights will have a strong price competitiveness.
The use of LED lights have a bright future, and its popularity around the corner. However, can not do 360-degree LED lighting, and the formation of shadows, so after they are mainly used in parallel to the source.
LED lamp life of up to tens of thousands of hours of high light energy efficiency, and collision with a water-resistant mechanical function. We look forward to LED lights use enough time to come.