The CFL lamps made in China are available in India for Rs. 12 to 15 per lamp (5 watt) and same capacity of CLF lamp made in India is available for Rs. 80/- each. May be the life for china made is lesser or the quality is relatively poor still the difference is too much. Now above article is showing that the CLF lamps made in India contain much higher murcury (3-13mg against 1 mg in other countries) Can any one tell me why chinese product is so cheap and is any comparison of technical and financia parameters is available. Further, if NGO can make it feasible to supply CFL lamps at Rs. 15/- each and get the rest expenditure recovered by selling the Carbon Credit earned due to use of CFL lamps then what stops government to make a policy decision to re-imburese the cost beyond Rs. 15/- to the manufacturers directly so that the CLF lamps are available to every one off the shelf? The policy will take care of the financial and technical parameters and their analysis.
Re: Switching on energy efficiency
by Cedric Lynch on Mar 09, 2009 08:35 PM
Most CFLs sold in the UK are Chinese or from eastern Europe. In my experience they do not last as long as claimed (maybe twice as long as traditional bulbs) and when first switched on they take half to one second before they light and are then very dim for the first couple of minutes. Indian CFLs (I have experience of Oreva and Orpat-Ajanta) last much longer (despite the fact that the voltage of the supply usually varies more than it does in the UK, I have not seen a single Indian CFL fail) and also come on at full brightness immediately they are switched on. I am going to buy some to take with me back to the UK.
