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1 AnswerPondicherry6 years agoWhy In The USA Energy Star didn't mention CFL lights has Power Factoring?
The universally-repeated misinformation is that these bulbs use “only about 25%" of the power the old-style bulbs do: This is not precisely the truth. In actuality because CFLs sold here in the U.S. have significant inductive Reactance and thus an AC phase difference between Voltage and Current, the Power Factor of the CFL is around “.55"
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