Energy Saving Light Bulbs Conserve Energy And Your Money Too

Energy Saving Light Bulbs Conserve Energy And Your Money Too

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It seems that the death knell of the ordinary, everyday electric light bulb is beginning to be tolled for the last time. Like most things in life, it is having to give way to a new, younger rival - in this instance the energy saving bulb. In the interests of conservation, the British government, trade outlets and energy producing companies are joining forces to organise and oversee the demise of the tungsten filament bulb. The phase out will take several years to come fully into effect, after which times the device that has been illuminating out darkness in effect since 1906 will be confined to the museums. It's a bit like the old work horse being put out to pasture.

More and more energy saving bulbs are beginning to appear in households and offices all over the UK, but they are in actual fact not a new invention. They've been around, (at least in principle), since 1940, when a scientist in the employ of General Electric, (the American giant who are the pioneers of both new lighting development and its bulk manufacture), by the name of George Inman lodged the patent for the first practical working bulb. But with production of the old standard tungsten filament bulbs still in its infancy and churning out bulbs by the million, there was no want to bring the new bulb into manufacture at that time.

Things of course are quite different today. The ever rising cost of electricity, and the steadily mounting pressure to conserve energy and the worlds precious resources, have finally forced the industry into action. Whilst the savings from one energy saving bulb may not seem particularly significant, when you add up all of the bulbs in any one household the total saving becomes much more noticeable, and of course when you multiply this by the millions of households across the UK alone, the difference in both costs and energy saving becomes immense.

The new energy saving light bulbs work on an entirely different principle from their old tungsten forerunners. Instead of having a tungsten filament through which electricity is passed, the resistance to which causes the filament to glow brightly, the new bulbs do not have any sort of filament at all. Instead they work by chemical reaction. The bulbs are filled with a tiny amount of mercury, and an inert gas, in many cases argon. In addition, the inside of the glass is coated with phosphor. When an electrical current is passed through the bulb, the mercury converts into gas which then proceeds to emit ultra violet (UV) light. The job of the phosphor coating is to convert the UV, which is invisible to the human eye, into a light that our eyes can register.

Unlike the a filament bulb, which becomes red hot due to the heat generated by the glowing tungsten, the new energy saving light bulbs do not generate any heat. This not only reduces the power that is needed to drive them, but saves a lot of power that is otherwise lost through heat dissipation.

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If you're looking for a great way to save money and reduce electricity consumption, energy saving light bulbs are the answer. We've helped customers save thousands of pounds on fuel bills, not to mention the positive impact they have had on the environment.



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