Quote Originally Posted by HapaPride
when purchasing CFL's the package gives a
x watt amount but only uses x amount watts

when i see people posting they are using a 125w... are they using the lights that say "125w but only uses 65w" lights?

basically is the 125w the actual watts or is say the 65w the actual watts
NO...cfl's come in wattages from 4w to 200w, Now! A common 42-45w cfl you could buy at wally's for 8bucks uses 42-45 watts but give off the light of a 150watt incandescent bulb, but is cooler and uses that much less electricity.

So when someone in here says I got the 125 watt...It means they bought the bigass 125w cfl which would give off 500 watts of light, but only use the electricity of a 125watt incandescent.

does this answer your question?:smokin: