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Naty1
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Wikipedia seems to do a good general job of explaining fluorescent light bulb technology at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp
Lots of technology hidden in a fluorescent bulb! But I did not see any explanation of how, say, a 13 watt compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) differs from an 18 watt...or for a full sized fluorescent,either...
It looks like the two basic components affecting light output are the gas and a fluorescent coating inside the bulb...but what is done to get more or less light from a given physical sized bulb?? Are both components varied or one or the other??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp
Lots of technology hidden in a fluorescent bulb! But I did not see any explanation of how, say, a 13 watt compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) differs from an 18 watt...or for a full sized fluorescent,either...
It looks like the two basic components affecting light output are the gas and a fluorescent coating inside the bulb...but what is done to get more or less light from a given physical sized bulb?? Are both components varied or one or the other??