Incandescent lamps are terribly inefficient. About 5% electricity gets converted into light with the remaining 95% lost as heat. They are class F appliances at best.However, their inefficiency as lighting devices makes them 95% efficient to convert electricity into heat, justifying a class A label without any doubt. Enter the heatball.As a result, the lighting industry is now rapidly converting its production towards this new product. Apart from packaging issues, the main challenge is to make sure that none of the remaining 5% of energy is emitted as light. Electrical engineers react enthusiastically. After decades of increasing the ...
Turning incandescent lamps into heatballs
Posted by Bosque 627 days ago (http://www.wattwatt.com)Incandescent lamps are terribly inefficient. About 5% electricity gets converted into light with the remaining 95% lost as heat. They are class F appliances at best.However, their inefficiency as lighting devices makes them 95% efficient to convert electricity into heat, justifying a class A label without any doubt. Enter the heatball.As a result, the lighting industry is now rapidly converting its production towards this new product. Apart from packaging issues, the main challenge is to make sure that none of the remaining 5% of energy is emitted as light. Electrical engineers react enthusiastically. After decades of increasing the ...
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