Thunderchild
New Member
ok so I remember everybody saying that a cheap running bulb must be on for three hours before you save anything. Is this possible. lets analyze this statement. say you have a 25 W fluorescent lamp to replace a 100 W bulb. now lets assume the best case that we can that the bulb uses 100 watts in the first three hours... thats four times the power going through it and surley enough to blow it, I know most components cannot take more than 50 % overload here we are talking 300 %
now lets say that we are talking about the first few minutes, so take 300 watts and put them all out in a few minutes say the first 5 minutes we are talking some kilowatts at this point and this theory seems even more ridicolous.
I think that it is all a load of rubish and that at most in the first 1-3 minute the bulb may use a bit more and therefore turning one on for 10 minutes is fine.
Is there something I have overlooked ?
now lets say that we are talking about the first few minutes, so take 300 watts and put them all out in a few minutes say the first 5 minutes we are talking some kilowatts at this point and this theory seems even more ridicolous.
I think that it is all a load of rubish and that at most in the first 1-3 minute the bulb may use a bit more and therefore turning one on for 10 minutes is fine.
Is there something I have overlooked ?