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