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low energy bulbs can increase heating bill ?
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I do not understand what you are trying to say. Power is watts. "45 volt/amps" the bulb uses 230v not 45v.
In simple terms Volts x Amps = Watts.
So an appliance supplied with 230volts and drawing 1 amp would be rated at 230 watts.
You could express this as 230volt/amps for some electrical circuits.
However to supply Alternating Currents circuits volt/amps can be higher than watts.0 -
I think the bottom line here is that an energy saver will produce the same amount of light as a normal bulb but will use less real power. i.e. it's more efficient at generating light. It will still waste some energy as heat, but nowhere near as much as a standard bulb
I think power factor and apparent power is best left to the 'leccy engineers amongst us
Out of interest I would imagine that CFLs have been designed with a unity power factor
or would the cynics disagree? 0 -
we use candles!!!!!!!!
really ikea tealights 300 for 2.00 light 4 gets the room toasty for 4 hours then its bed time when they go out 1. i'm bi polar.:rotfl:2. carer for two autistic sons.:A 3. have a wonderful but challenging teenage daughter.:mad: 4. have a husband that is insatiable. :eek: 5. trying to do an open degree.0 -
sad_dog_lady wrote: »we use candles!!!!!!!! 4 gets the room toasty
Fork Handles?:rolleyes:British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
sad_dog_lady wrote: »we use candles!!!!!!!!
really ikea tealights 300 for 2.00 light 4 gets the room toasty for 4 hours then its bed time when they go out
I take it that's to generate some heat I guess the light is a bonus 
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Turns out CFLs aren't that well designed for power factor
but even so they should still be more efficient for providing light - after all the supply network has put up with normal bulb usage until now...
http://sound.westhost.com/articles/incandescent.htm interesting article - see the bit about wasted heat
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a good article, you wouldn't want to switch a CFL on and off too often after reading that0
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