fluro light, fluro, eco light, cfl, compact fluorescent globe
Fluro Light is short for fluorescent light which is a type of light globe that uses electricity to excite mercury vapour.
A fluro light uses less electricity than a ‘normal’ light bulb so one of the nicknames of a fluro light is an energy saver globe. A fluro light globe uses up to 80% less electricity than a normal light globe of the same light out put.
A fluro light is more expensive to buy, however over the past few years the price has come down to approximately 4 to 5 dollars per globe, a fluro light will last much longer than the standard globe and as it uses approximately 20 percent of the electricity of a standard light globe it soon pays for itself.
Australia has brought in rules that only energy efficient light bulbs can be sold in the country so the vast majority of globes are of a fluro light type.
In the past the color of the fluro light output has been seen as a negative as it has been a whiter light when compared to the older light globes found in homes, this has changed as a fluro light globe is now sold with the option of the color of light it emits, when you buy a fluro light bulb simple look on the pack for the words ‘white’ or ‘warm’ If you are wanting a fluro light that emits a standard light color as found in the family home choose the ‘warm’ option. A fluro light that is in the ‘white’ class lets off a ‘white’ light the same as found in any commercial building which has fluro light tubing.
The compact fluro light actually evolved from the fluro light tubes found in commercial buildings, the advances of technology allowed the reduction in the size of the parts required which lead to the compact fluro light globe that is available today.
