Compact Fluorescent Lamps - Advantages & Disadvantages

 Advantages

Compact fluorescents offer following advantages over incandescent light bulbs:

• Lower power consumption i.e. CFL consumes 1/4 the energy, and produce 90% less heat as compared to incandescent lamps.
• Longer lifetime (last up to 10 times longer than incandescent lights)
• Produce more light

Disadvantages

• Longer starts
• More expensive than incandescent lamps owing to their higher initial cost.
• CFLs are physically larger than incandescent lamps which may make them difficult to use in some light fixtures.
• Fluorescent tubes contain a microscopic amount of mercury. It is such a small amount that disposal is not generally regulated as with full size fluorescents. Hence we should use caution to avoid crushing the tubes, and dispose of them safely. 

Types of Compact Fluorescent