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This article is the first of a list of practical things you can do to save lots of money on your monthly electric consumption bills with DIY cut monthly electricity costs. You and your family could enjoy some new green products or even a small vacation.

The abbreviation CFL stands for Compact Fluorescent Lamp, sometimes known as a circular fluorescent bulb. A CFL does not generate light the way incandescent bulbs do.

Incandescent light bulbs essentially work the same way Thomas Edison invented them. Light is produced after electricity is connected to both sides of the carbon filament causing it to get hot. CFLs and normal fluoro tubes contain a closed glass tube with a fluoro coating that glows when current is applied to the argon and mercury vapour inside.

Now you may have heard this before, however unless you are only turning that incandescent bulb on a couple of times per year, you're wasting money, doesn't matter how cheap that bulb is. Green products can help you save your money. One of the newer Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulbs saves around 75% in costs over the equivalent incandescent bulb. In 6 months of usage a CFL will pay for itself saving you about $30 per bulb over its lifespan!

There are different choices for the color of the light omitted from the CFL bulbs these days. Changing the mood of any room in the house, office, hotel etc is now very possible. The CFL color choices vary from a daylight blue to a warm yellow. If you prefer the look and feel of what incandescent bulbs offer choose a warm light. Some people are sensitive to bright white light so it's a good idea to remember that when choosing bulb colors, the bluer lights can create this harshness.

If you see a K on the bulb packaging, that K or Kelvin rating, will give you the "temperature" of the bulb. If you see a K rating of 2700K-3000K you will be getting a warm/yellow bulb. If you're looking for a cool white bulb look for a rating of 3500K-4100K. And a Daylight blue bulb is a rating of 5000K-6500K.

If you are looking to replace 40 watt incandescent bulbs, use 9-13 watt CFL bulbs. For a 60 watt incandescent bulb use a 13-15 watt CFL. Replace a 75 watt incandescent with an 18-25 watt CFL. And to replace 100 watt incandescents use 23-30 watt CFLs.

All your used fluoro bulbs should be attempted to be recycled. Some states forbid mixing used bulbs that contain mercury with solid waste trash. They do this as about 5 milligrams of mercury is in each CFL bulb.

Places such as ACE Hardware, Orchard (OSH), IKEA and Home Depot will take your used green CFL products and dispose of them responsibly.

If it's decorative lights you are after, try Energy Star qualified light emitting diode (LED) bulbs. They produce the same amount of light as an equivalent incandescent bulb and use up to 90% less energy! It has been said that you can power 140 LEDs with the power required to burn one single 7 watt incandescent bulb!

So it's a good idea to use CFLs inside and outside you could try the LEDs. These will reduce your carbon footprint and save you lots of money at the same time.

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