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CFL VS Incandescent - Brightness

The boxes say that 15 watt CFL is equal or brighter than a 60 watt incandescent bulb. I decided to try it out with a lamp in my closet. They seem about the same to me! What do you think? I pretty much just wanted to try this since I found a 60 watt incandescent bulb in my closet.... The box when I got this lamp said that it was an incandescent lamp for incandescent bulbs. At the end of the video you can see the sticker that says that the max bulb is 60 watts. The CFL only uses 15! Incandescent (From Wikipedia): Incandescence is the emission of light (visible electromagnetic radiation) from a hot body due to its temperature.[1] The term derives from the verb incandesce, to glow white.[2] In practice, most bodies start to glow visibly in the dark around 470°C (about 750K) with a very dull red color. Their incandescence is not strictly zero below that temperature, but it is too weak in the visible spectrum to be visible. CFL (From Wikipedia): A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also known as a compact fluorescent light or energy saving light (or less commonly as a compact fluorescent tube [CFT]), is a type of fluorescent lamp. Many CFLs are designed to replace an incandescent lamp and can fit into most existing light fixtures formerly used for incandescents. Compared to general service incandescent lamps giving the same amount of visible light, CFLs use less power, have a longer rated life, but have a higher purchase price. In the United States, a CFL can save over 30 US$ in electricity costs over the lamp's life time compared to an incandescent lamp, and save 2,000 times its own weight in greenhouse gases.[1] Like all fluorescent lamps, CFLs contain mercury, which complicates their disposal. CFLs radiate a different light spectrum from that of incandescent lamps. Improved phosphor formulations have improved the subjective color of the light emitted by CFLs such that some sources rate the best 'soft white' CFLs as subjectively similar in color to standard incandescent lamps.[2] The CFL doesn't seem to get hot like the older types... http://www.wam2.tk

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