A circuit in a home provides power to a light fixture. The homeowner wants to be with a compact fluorescent bulb instead of incandescent bulb. Compact fluorescent bulbs can produce as much light as incandescent bulbs, but with less energy how is this possible?
Compact fluorescent bulbs produce less heat and more light than incandescent bulbs. Incandescent bulbs produce light by heating a filament inside the bulb until it glows, while compact fluorescent bulbs use a different process called gas discharge that uses less energy. Additionally, compact fluorescent bulbs are designed to use energy more efficiently, with less energy being lost as heat. This means that for a given amount of energy, a compact fluorescent bulb can produce the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb, but with less energy.
