On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 12:01:00 -0500, Bigs
wrote:

These bulbs have their own ballast built in and I the wattage they
produce is alot higher than what they consume. For example, my 7 watt
bulb emits a candle power of 30-40watts (aprox).

Your 7 watt produces 7 watts of fluorescent light.

It produces the equivilent of 30-40 watts of incandescent, but most of
the energy in an incandescent is just wasted as heat.

For the infamous "watts per gallon", you've got 7 watts.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua