Will I save money on electricity if I don’t replace a light bulb?
Monday, August 31st, 2009 at
11:07 pm
I have a lighting fixture above the bathroom sink with three light bulbs in it. Two have burnt out. Before I replace them, I want to know, theoretically, if I will save money on electricity by using only the remaining one. Does the unit pull less electricity if one of its bulbs is burnt out? Or does it pull the same amount of electricity every time the switch is "on," no matter what?
Thanks.
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The more bulbs or the higher the watts the more electricity it takes.I would replace all the with cdf 100 watt equivalent bulbs. They only take 26 watts each so three takes less than 1 100 watt regular bulb. They are more expensive but they do last 10 times longer than a regular bulb
Each bulb consumes a given amount of watts/energy. With one bulb out, your fixture is using 2/3 of the energy.
You will save money (not a lot) but have less light. You might want to switch to the new fluorescent bulbs that have the same light but a fraction of the electricity. I believe the lumens of a 60 watt bulb is only 12 watts in the florescent bulb.