Fluorescent Lamps Types
For years lighting indoor commercial spaces was a no brainer.
Fluorescent lamps types. Easy light bulbs stocks a full range of fluorescent tubes including daylight fluorescent tubes triphosphor coated tubes circular fluorescent tubes and many more. Our focus has been on providing energy efficient and long life t8 t5 and cf lamps enabling end users to take advantage of utility rebates to lower the initial costs to install. Most recent update on linked sites 1152019. Cold cathode hot cathode and electroluminescent.
Ledvance offers a wide variety of fluorescent lamps in compact linear u bend and circular types. Inexpensive fluorescent mineral kits and ultraviolet lamps for students and beginning collectors. Safely working with fluorescent lamps and fixtures there arent many dangers associated with typical fluorescent lamps and fixtures. Most recent update anywhere in this site other than notes of progress in linked sites 3102019.
Most folks simply went with linear fluorescent lights lfls and for good reason. Fluorescents are a large family of light sources. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor which produces short wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor coating on the inside of the lamp to glow. A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a low pressure mercury vapor gas discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.
Back to flamp faq table of contents. Fluorescent tubes by far the most common form of fluorescent lighting but rarely found in residential buildings are much more energy efficient than incandescent lamps and are ideally suited to illumination of large indoor areas of commercial or industrial buildings.