- Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:33 pm
#90199
I was thinking about this last night, would it be more worth it to have 4 42 watt cfls or 3 65 watt cfls?
42 watt CFL pushes 2800 lumens x 4 = 11200 lumens @ 168 watts
4 42 watts @ 11.75 x 4 =$ 50.84
65watt cfl pushes 3200 lumens x 3 = 9600 lumens @ 195 watts
3 65 watts @ $18.56 x 3 = 55.68
The reason why I ask is currently I have on 105 watt cfl pushing 5000 lumens and another 42 watt pushing 2800. Im trying to find out if it would be worth it to have smaller bulbs and more of them versus a bigger bulb with less of them. What do you guys think?
42 watt CFL pushes 2800 lumens x 4 = 11200 lumens @ 168 watts
4 42 watts @ 11.75 x 4 =$ 50.84
65watt cfl pushes 3200 lumens x 3 = 9600 lumens @ 195 watts
3 65 watts @ $18.56 x 3 = 55.68
The reason why I ask is currently I have on 105 watt cfl pushing 5000 lumens and another 42 watt pushing 2800. Im trying to find out if it would be worth it to have smaller bulbs and more of them versus a bigger bulb with less of them. What do you guys think?
Jake