Volume 13, Issue 01
The PEACEKEEPER
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BULB continued from pg. 3
All ENERGY STAR cer fied ligh ng products are subject to thorough tes ng and review before they can bear
the label, including:
Verified compliance with more than 20 separate industry standards and procedures
Third–party tes ng of products off the retail shelf
Rapid cycling of bulbs thousands of mes to find early failures
Tes ng to stress the products in opera ng environments similar to how you will use the product in your
home
How do CFLs work?
CFLs produce light differently than incandescent bulbs. In an
incandescent, electric current runs through a wire filament and heats
the filament un l it starts to glow. In a CFL, an electric current is driv‐
en through a tube containing argon and a small am