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Team 10 Device Comparison: Incandescent vs. Fluorescent Light
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Team 10 Members Emil Balceta Dennis Obiang Stanley Chuang
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Introduction Incandescent Light Created 120 years ago Electricity heats up a tungsten wire filament Temperature is heated to 2500ºK
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Introduction cont. Fluorescent Light Filled with Inert gases and mercury The current excites the mercury Requires a ballast
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Replacement Guide
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Comparison Incandescent vs. Fluorescent Light Bulbs 100 Watts Incandescent light bulb23 Watts Compact Fluorescent Number of Sockets 25 Burned per Day (hr) 4 Electricity Tax Rate: 11.20% Price per Killo Watts: $0.10 # of Bulbs Needed 2 bulbs per year 1 bulb per 7 years Purchase Price: $0.75 $11 Maintenance Cost: $37.50 per year $275 per 7 years Useful Life: 750 hrs 10,000 hrs Lumens Produced: 1690 1500 Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
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Operating Cost Incandescent Light Energy cost: $365 per year 2 bulbs needed a year per socket Maintenance cost: $37.50 Total cost: $443.38
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Operating Cost cont. Fluorescent Light Energy cost: $83.95 per year 1 bulb needed over 7 years per socket Maintenance cost: $275 Total cost: $368.35
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Present Worth Cost Replacement cost Energy cost Operating cost Over a span of 6 years Discount rate: 3%
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Total Present Worth of Cost 100W Incandescent light bulb $3,316.47 23W Fluorescent light bulb $729.77 ∆PWC value $2586.70
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Life Span Sensitivity
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Energy Cost Sensitivity
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Socket Quantity Sensitivity
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Useful Life Sensitivity
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Technology Difference Fluorescent bulbs outlast up to 13 incandescent or halogen bulbs. (Lights of America)
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Cost Difference Fluorescents can typically save 8 to 12 times their cost over a span of 6 years. (Lights of America)
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Temperature 90% of the energy consumed by an Incandescent bulb is wasted heat. (Lights of America)
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