A CFL cannot be simply installed in an incandescent fixture and then expected to produce a visual appearance that is more than washed out, foggy, and dim.
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通用电气生产了和白炽灯同等数目的节能灯,不过后者只消耗前者20%的电量。
The GE CFL produced as much light as an incandescent, while drawing just 20 percent as much electricity.
3
尽管节能灯只耗用白炽灯的四分之一的电能,消费者们仍然对它适应的很慢。
Although they use just a quarter of the energy of incandescents, consumers have been slow to adapt them.