- Low Operating Cost
Efficient, fluorescent lamps can cost significantly less to operate over their lifetime than incandescent lamps.
- Long life
Life ratings for fluorescent lamps range from 6000 to 24,000 hours based on the industry standard of 3 burning hours per start.
- Flexibilty
Fluorescent lamps are available in a wide range of sizes, shapes, color performance, and wattage ratings
- Fast Starting
Rapid Start lamps typically start within 1 second of being turned on.
Things to consider when making your selection:
Color Temperature and CRI are the two factors that determine a lamp’s color performance.
Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)
Color Temperature indicates whether the light has a warm, midrange, or cool appearance. This specification of the color appearance of a lamp relates its color with that of a reference source heated to a particular temperature, measured in degrees Kelvin (K).
- Less than 3000 K are considered warm colors and have a reddish appearance. Warm White and Soft White for example.
- 3400 K to 4500 K are considered to be white or neutral in appearance. Neutral and Cool White for example.
- Greater than 4600 K are cool or bluish in appearance. Sunshine and Chroma 50 for example.
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Color Rendering Index (CRI)
The Color Rendering Index is based on a maximum rating of 100. This index measures the effect a light source has on the perceived color of objects and surfaces. A high CRI makes virtually all colors look natural and vibrant, while a low CRI causes some colors to take on a completely different hue. |
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