Electrical Efficiency - Efficiency of Light Bulbs

Efficiency of Light Bulbs

For more details on this topic, see Luminous efficacy.
  • Incandescent light bulb: about 2%.
  • Compact fluorescent lamp: about 7%-9%.
  • White light-emitting diode (LED) about 4%-18%.

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