QUIZQuiz · #3EP.78 · 24 s

Quiz #3: Same light — which bulb uses the least power?

// WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Which uses the least power for the same light: old bulb, CFL or LED? (LED)

// LESSON NOTES

QUIZ 💡 Same light (about 800 lumens). Which bulb uses the LEAST power?

A) Old bulb B) CFL C) LED D) All the same

⏱️ You have 3 seconds… comment your answer before you read on! 👇

✅ Answer: C — the LED!
For the same light: old bulb ≈ 60 W · CFL ≈ 14 W · LED ≈ 9 W.

🔥 Why? An old bulb turns about 90 % of its power into heat, not light.
💡 Light per watt: old ≈ 13 lm/W · CFL ≈ 57 lm/W · LED ≈ 89 lm/W.
📊 3 hours a day for a year: about 66 kWh (old bulb) vs about 10 kWh (LED).

Same light, way less power.

Read the voiceover (transcript)
  1. Same light. Which uses least power?
  2. Old bulb, CFL, or LED? Or all the same? Comment your answer!
  3. It's C, the LED! Old bulb sixty watts, CFL fourteen, LED just nine!
  4. Why? Old bulbs turn about ninety percent into heat. LEDs make more light per watt.
  5. Same light, way less power!
  6. Next quiz: which one is AC? Follow for more!

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