How fluorescent lighting has changed the lighting world and it's continuation

Posted by firstlightdirect on September 6th, 2012

For many years the commercial and retail market place has seen fluorescent lighting being used in many of the light fittings you see in these very situations. However, in contrast the residential lighting environment has seen very little use of fluorescent lighting other than in some traditional areas such as the garage or kitchen.

This tide is now changing and today we see many new fluorescent light fittings being designed for the residential market and fluorescent lighting can now be seen in many applications for a house. This has replaced the more traditional light bulb, which for many years has been the tried and trusted light source for homes.  Many today find the compact fluorescent lighting available just as good and equivalent to the traditional light bulb.

However, we have not seen the last of the traditional light bulbs as these are now being manufactured in halogen styles, which in appearance are the same shape as the old style light bulb but with a halogen filament instead of the incandescent filament the traditional light bulb had. So don’t be too quick at throwing away light fittings that used the old style and shape light bulb, as if you look you will find either a halogen shape light bulb that replaces the old shape light bulb or even an LED Light Bulb that will look just the same.

All of this now means that there is much more choice of light fittings available to the consumer, which in the main must be a good thing. With different lamps being used, light fittings have had to adapt and change in style and appearance and even in the type of lamp that fittings can be installed with. This is because many manufacturers of light fittings are making fittings that can use either a compact fluorescent light bulb, an LED Lamp or even retro fit halogen energy saver lamps.

So where does lighting go from here? Well this is a very good question as light fittings and lamps are changing at such a fast pace it is difficult to tell what will be next. But one thing is for sure, homes will for many years want to see light bulbs that can be used in the light fittings they have been using for many years now. So, if only halogen retrofits or even LED Lamps are currently fitting these applications, manufacturers of fluorescent lighting will have to work much harder to make the fluorescent lighting more appealing to the consumer or make Compact Fluorescent Lamps that are much more appealing in appearance to homeowners, which many are striving to do.

About the Author:

This article is written by Melanie Gear, founder of First Light Direct. First Light Direct has been supplying the Domestic and Commercial Market with Lighting including Light Bulbs, fluorescent tubes and light fittings in the UK for 25 years. First Light has always ensured that they only supply quality products and not cheap imports.