Incandescent will be banned from the historic stage in September

From September 1, this year, incandescent bulbs are banned from sale within the European Union. The luminous efficiency of incandescent bulbs is only 5%, and the remaining 95% are all calories. It is inevitable that incandescent bulbs are eliminated. In the lighting market today, energy efficient LED (light emitting diode) lamps are undoubtedly an excellent choice.

Among the numerous lighting products, LED lights have long been the most highly rated. It is eco-friendly and energy-saving, has a long service life, and has a high luminous efficiency when the lamp is turned on. Up to 90% less electricity than previous vintage bulbs. Although the current price may be slightly higher, but the LED lamp life is 25 times longer than incandescent lamps. In Germany, LED lights and energy-saving lamps are the two most cost-effective lighting tools.

After successfully occupying a place in the mobile phone, automobile and television industries, the LED industry is currently planning to enter the lighting market. Compared with other lamps, LED lights are more efficient and prices will be lowered. The average annual reduction is about 30%. According to McKinsey's survey, LED lights with a current price of 20 euros can be purchased in less than 3 euros by 2020.

Due to price cuts, experts predict that such high-tech light bulbs will be produced on a large scale next year. Because Japan experienced a nuclear disaster, saving energy has become a national sport, and the use of LEDs has become very common.

At present, the largest choice is a dazzling array of compact fluorescent lamps, commonly known as energy-saving lamps. Energy-saving lamps consume only a little more energy than LED lights. However, after the switch is turned on, the delay of turn-on time often occurs. In addition, the brightness of the energy-saving lamp is less than that of incandescent light bulbs or LED lights. The biggest weakness of energy-saving lamps is mercury. Experts suggest that if you break a room's energy-saving lamps, you need to ventilate the room for 30 minutes and leave the room, and then collect the debris with a damp cloth or tape and treat it as special waste. Experts also suggest that if the room is covered with carpets, dust bags should be thrown away after cleaning the debris with a vacuum cleaner.

Since 2009, the European Union has started to disable low-efficiency incandescent bulbs. The first is to prohibit the sale of incandescent bulbs of 100 watts, and then the use of 60 watt and 40 watt bulbs is prohibited. In the future, incandescent bulbs of 25 watts will also be eliminated. The EU ban aims to save 1% of the electricity consumption in the EU.

Coal-fired power plants emit large quantities of mercury vapor during power generation, and are the major sources of mercury vapor in the world. Therefore, the elimination of incandescent lamps reduces the use of electricity while also reducing environmental pollution.