Turn off the lights may not be saving electricity

Energy saving lamp, switch power consumption = last 10 hours at a time turn off the lights of the electricity consumption may not be savinglives often encountered such a situation: for something to open the lights, will be back. Some people have been with the light, put everything back in and then turn off the light others good things just turn off the lights when you leave, put back, and then turn on the light, and turn off the lights. Which of the two ways to save energy? Look, seems to be time to turn off the lights to save power consumption to save power, but experts, any electrical appliances are the same, when you open, much instant starting current than usual. We might as well do a test: when electricity meters in uniform rotation, asked people to help you turn on the light, you will find the lights flash, meter speed, speed will slow down later. This shows that frequently switch light, not only to consume less power, and electric losses are larger. For energy-saving lamps, the "turn off the light" less power. Energy-saving lamp lights when the instantaneous high voltage is twice times the normal voltage, turn on the light when electricity consumption is normal when using 3 times. It is estimated that switching a CFL equivalent to continue some 10 hours of energy-saving lamps. At the same time, 5 minutes after the energy-saving lamp lights more luminous stability, so the energy-saving lamps, as often as not like incandescent lamps switch. In General, if only one or two hours to leave, you won't have to turn off the energy-saving lamps. Frequent switching energy-saving lamps will also shorten the service life of energy-saving lamps. In General, the national promotion of energy-saving lamps, standard life is 6,000 hours, if the lights 8 hours a day, an energy-saving lamps can be used more than two years and assuming switch 6 times a day, this energy-saving lamps may only use 3 months only. Expert reminder: wipe the lamps on a regular basis, you can improve the reflection of lighting efficiency; scattered layout switch and not a switch to control multiple lights; lighting according to the use of different places to choose, General family bathroom are advised to select 7~9 Watts of energy-saving lamps, kitchen and bedroom select 9~11, select 11~20 the living room.

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