Quote Originally Posted by ridethefire
Hey guys just popped in and wanted to clear some things up...

I bought 250watt CFLs -Huge bulbs- and they only cost me $20 each...

CFLs have two numbers- The wattage that the bulb uses, and the wattage the bulb emits. My CFLs emit 250 watts each but only use 85 watts-Which wont add up to 800+ watts...
Your bulbs might have two wattages on them
The lower one is the wattage it uses. And the ligher one is a marketing ploy, demonstrating the effishency.

BTW bulbs dont put out watts, they put out lumens. The second number is the amount of watts you would need to pump through a incandecnt bulb to get the same lumen output.

So your first comment the 250W bulb for 20. Can i assume that 250W is the output, not the acctual wattage.

here are the bulbs i am talking about
http://www.1000bulbs.com/products.ph...t-Fluorescents
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