| The
savings in your pocket book may be difficult to gauge when trying only
one or two compact fluorescent bulbs in your home. The best way to
really see the impact is by changing your top 10 most-used bulbs over
to CFLs. |
Select
the top 10 most used bulbs in your home and replace with CFLs.
The average use for bulbs is 4 hours per day, totaling 120 hours per
month. Assume you want to change all 10 bulbs to 100W equivalents
(which would be equivalent to 26W CFLs). |
| The
operating cost for ten 100W bulbs over the course of 1 month = $12.00
(based on an energy rate of $0.10/kWh). |
| The
operating cost for ten 26
CFL bulbs over the same period = $3.12
This represents a monthly savings = $8.88
This represents a yearly savings = $106.56 |
| Consider
that these savings will
be repeated each year for the life span of the bulb (up to 5 years).
This is a potencial savings of over $532.80! |
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