Marathon Lightbulbs Last Five to Seven Years


Marathon Lightbulbs Last Five to Seven Years

Marathon would be the ˜˜best lightbulbs. They would have a minimum life of five to seven years, depending on the particular lightbulb selected. These lightbulbs are based on a technology that is very different from that of an incandescent lightbulb . They use fluorescent technology, where most of the energy is captured as light and not heat. That is a huge difference. Philips invented compact fluorescent lightbulbs back in the 1970s. When they first came out, compact fluorescent lightbulbs were designed for commercial use, where companies wanted to save electricity because they had to keep their lights on all the time. With Marathon, these lightbulbs were adapted for home use.

It took a lot of years to get a compact fluorescent to mimic the look of an incandescent lightbulb. Philips had to get these compact fluorescents to burn in the same yellow color range as incandescent lightbulbs to make them look like the other lightbulbs in the home. Now the Marathon lightbulb can go anywhere in any home and look exactly like incandescent lightbulbs.

Philips has a demonstration room where, in a simulated bedroom, it asks you to tell which is the incandescent and which is the Marathon. Maybe one out of fifty people will figure it out. You cant tell the difference.

In addition to the much longer life, a major advantage of Marathon lightbulbs is that they save a lot of money on electricity. To get the amount of light you are used to from a sixty-watt incandescent lightbulb, you have to use only fifteen watts with a Marathon lightbulb. That is four times more energy-efficient. The reason for this is that you are not losing energy to heat, as most of the energy is going to light output. Because they have been made very compact, Marathon lightbulbs can do anything regular incandescent lightbulbs can do. They can dim, they can be three-way, and they can fit into any socket.




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