CFLs

Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) have seen many improvements. There are now CFLs available for almost any household application. There are mini-twist bulbs, vanity lights, three-way lights for lamps, candelabra bulbs, outdoor flood lamps, bulbs for recessed lighting and even yellow porch lights to help fend off the bugs at night.

CFL lighting saves you money, even though they cost more to buy than an incandescent bulb.

A 23 Watt CFL has illumination comparable to a 100 Watt incandescent light. If you replace a 100 Watt incandescent bulb with the 23 Watt CFL, this is how the finances work out. Assuming you use the light three hours per day every day of the year and your electricity costs you $.093 per kilowatt hour (KWH), over five years it will cost approximately $11.86 for the electricity to power the CFL. The power cost for the incandescent bulb over the same period will be approximately $50.92. This is a savings of about 76%! The CFL in this comparison costs $1.41. It would take approximately six incandescent light bulbs to do the work described and only one CFL. Five years is the number of years used in this comparison, but CFLs normally last seven to ten years. If the CFL lasts ten years, you would have to purchase approximately eleven incandescent light bulbs to do the work of one CFL that cost $1.41. Next time you are at your local store, see what eleven incandescent bulbs cost. They would have to cost 13 cents each to equal the CFL cost.

We have CFL bulbs available for purchase at the REA office at very reasonable prices.

We stock CFLs for most any application.

Stop by the office and have "a look".