“The new energy-saving lamp that I just bought was flashed off and the lights turned dark.” Ms. Li, who lives in downtown Laiyang, said helplessly. Laiyang City Bureau of Quality Supervision revealed that the market for energy-saving lamps is mixed, and many products have safety indicators, mandatory energy-saving indicators, and unqualified performance indicators. Recently, the quality supervision personnel of the Bureau conducted unannounced visits to major supermarkets and wholesale markets in the urban areas of the lamps and lanterns, and found that halogen powder lamps with low prices were used as energy-saving lamps for sale.

No goods are cheap

Into the lighting market in the wholesale market in Laiyang City, dazzling array of lamps and lanterns. In the striking positions of various lighting stores, most of them are equipped with energy-saving lamps of various specifications, such as tubular, spiral, and spherical, with power specifications ranging from 3 watts to 240 watts. Seeing that the quality supervision personnel were aimlessly searching, a store clerk took the initiative to say hello, stating that they had a complete range of lighting fixtures, reliable quality, and a price ranging from a hundred dollars to a few dollars. When it was learned that the quality supervisor only bought an ordinary energy-saving light bulb, the shopkeeper recommended to the quality supervisor a "Xiaobailong" brand 22-watt frequency conversion eye lamp, which was equivalent to an incandescent lamp of 95W, priced at 20 yuan. The quality supervisor said that he was too expensive. He immediately took out a "good time" brand white energy-saving lamp and sold only 5 yuan. The quality supervisor noticed that the exterior and base of the lamp were rough and the markings on the bulb were not clear. “Is it not so cheap and quality?” In the face of doubt, the clerk unpleasantly swept the quality supervision personnel. “A penny, a good product, high quality, high cost, and high price. Just recommended to you is the trichromatic phosphor. Energy-saving lamps. This kind of lamp is made of halogen powder, but it can also be used."

Industry sources said that halogen powder is used to make metal magnesium, disinfectants, fire extinguishing agents, frozen brine, and also used in ceramics, paper, textile and other industries, and the price of tricolor phosphors is about 20 times that of halogen powder, but three The basic color phosphor has better coloration than the halogen powder, less light decay, and higher light efficiency. National standards for energy-saving lamps stipulate that energy-saving lighting effects should be at least 36 lumens, and should generally be between 40 and 50 lumens. Currently, halogen powder lamps currently on the market are difficult to meet national standards. The quality supervisors visited several lighting shops and discovered that energy-saving lamps with a few yuan were found everywhere. A 40-watt "Philips" energy-saving lamp sold at a stall costs only 10 yuan, and can be purchased for 5.5 to 5 watts at 5 to 13 watts.

It's a good shopping mall

Immediately afterwards, quality supervision personnel came to several large supermarkets in the urban area. In the lighting area, various brands of energy-saving light bulbs are classified as emissions, and various models are available. The quality supervisor readily picks up an energy-saving light bulb and looks at the bulb's packaging, clearly marked with "trichromatic fluorescent tubes." At the same time, the factory name, site, contact telephone number, voltage, frequency, power, trademark and current, product implementation standards, and energy efficiency grades are all available, and the price is generally between 20-40 yuan. The combination of the lamp holder and the plastic parts of the energy-saving lamp is tight, and the lamp tube and the plastic parts of the lower shell are firmly combined, and the upper shell plastic part and the lower shell plastic part are fastened in place. "This is a three-color energy-saving lamp, high luminous efficiency, good color, long life, you can rest assured that use." When asked about the quality, the salesman said that there are hundreds of energy-saving lamps in the general market, many are Miscellaneous brands, the price is very low, a few dollars can buy one, but the average consumer is difficult to distinguish the quality of the merits.

How to buy

Laiyang City Bureau of Quality Supervision Inspection Brigade staff said that energy-saving lamps require a relatively high production process, the cost is relatively high, the cost should be more than ten dollars, the sales price should also be more than ten dollars, the import is even higher . Therefore, energy-saving lamps whose price is only a few yuan are mostly inferior products, and consumers should be cautious in choosing.

The first step in purchasing an energy-saving lamp is to look at the brand and the logo. A good energy-saving lamp usually has clear, legible and legible information. If you do not worry, consumers can also observe the lamp light at the moment of power. Three primary color energy-saving lamps light up for a few minutes before they reach normal brightness, which is both bright and soft; and once the power of the halogen powder lamp is turned on, the brightness basically reaches the peak value, and the brightness is low and the light color is blue, which looks pale and weak. In addition, consumers can experience hands-on experience to check the quality of energy-saving lamps. For example, rotate the lamp head clockwise or counterclockwise to observe if the lamp head and the lamp body are loose and shake the energy-saving lamp by hand. If the lamp tube and the plastic parts are firmly connected, there will be no ringing.