7 Responses to “why is a fluorescent lamp more efficent than an incandescent lamp?”

1. unknown on March 13th, 2009 10:57 am

   it emits more powerful light

2. hands.adrian on March 16th, 2009 10:22 pm

   incandescents work from heat generated by electrical resistance. fluorescents stimulate the fl gas directly, by passing a current through the gas. no wasted heat.

3. ahhhhhhhhh. screw it on March 18th, 2009 7:51 pm

   You get more light from less wattage (power)

4. will on March 19th, 2009 5:15 am

   it uses less energy amd produces less useless low quality heat. those are the main 2 reasons really. 2 pretty good reasons though.

5. reinders1 on March 20th, 2009 11:23 pm

   Lower voltage, so it uses less electricity for the same amount of light.

6. aiminhigh24u2 on March 22nd, 2009 6:46 am

   It is fired by a low voltage ballast. It charges the gas in the tubes. It is far more energy efficient than incandescent bulbs.

7. gary s on March 25th, 2009 5:07 pm

   Fluorescent uses ionized gas under pressure with very little resistance to electrical flow of current.Incandescent uses high resistance in a wire to slow down the electricity until it glows from the friction of the electricity going through it.Incandescent puts out light,but also lots of heat and light is not evenly distributed.At least half of the electricity is lost to heat from the high resistance or friction through the filament.Thomas Edison invented both trying to improve his products,as the technology became available.

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