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Everything I read talks about the energy savings from Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFB). I bought some recently manufactured by Feit. They were listed as equivalent to 100watts of incandescent lighting, only using 23 watts and drawing 380 Milliamps!. This is fine, but I decided I wanted to measure exactly how much current they really drew! I measured the draw from a regular 100 watt bulb and got 850mA, and for a 30 watt bulb, I got 260mA. I little simple arithmetic implied that I should get a reading of about 200 for my 23 watt CFB! Instead I got 750mA! <br> This implies that there IS ALMOST NO SAVINGS! I had another CPB which was not marked for its equivalence to regular bulbs but was listed as 18watts—it drew 340mA! It was also made by Feit. An 18watt Phillips CFB drew 460mA! What am I doing wrong?
By Vincent Neisius
