Comprehensive analysis: How energy-saving lamps out of the energy-saving difficulties

Compared with conventional lighting devices, they are low in efficiency and consume more power. Energy-saving lamps are increasingly welcomed by consumers because of their high luminous efficiency, good color rendering, and long life span. They have also been widely promoted by governments of various countries. In China, after nearly three years of promotion, the energy-saving lamps have gone into huge numbers. However, energy-saving lamps in the end is not energy-saving? Not long ago, a market test in Beijing Consumers’ Association let the eye drop: The failure rate of energy-saving lamps was nearly 50%. Among them, not only the international famous brand Philips, but also the domestic industry giant NVC lighting [3.80-0.78%]. What is the energy-saving lamp market? Why can't energy-saving lamps come out without the energy-saving dilemma? The reporter conducted an in-depth investigation for this purpose.

Test report: The chaos in the energy-saving lamp market is not a secret "For a long time, China's energy-saving lamp industry is in a decentralized and disorganized pattern. Production intensive and scale is very low, and market confusion has long been a secret." Vice Chairman and Secretary of China Lighting Association Liu Shengping told reporters that there are currently 10,000 companies in the industry, of which large companies account for about 10%, and SMEs account for about 90%.

National standards stipulate that the difference between the power consumed by an energy-saving lamp and its rated power must not exceed 15%. Beijing Consumers Association test showed that 72.17% of the measured value of energy-saving lamps did not reach the company's product express value, even including some well-known brands of products. For example, it is reported that the Philips lighting product on the “black list” is a 5-watt energy-saving lamp. The test results show that the measured power exceeds 6 watts. This means that this product, called "energy saving lamp", not only does not save energy, but it also consumes electricity. Some brands even differ from actual power by nearly a factor of two.

For those energy-saving lamps that are 10 times more expensive than ordinary lamps on the market, the situation is disappointing. According to the report of the "Comparative Test Results of 53 Energy-saving Lamps" published by the Beijing Consumers Association, the initial light efficiency of 13 samples is far from the national standard, accounting for 24.53% of the total number of samples. Among them, the "nvc NVC brand 5 watt energy-saving lamp" was impressively on the blacklist. It is reported that the initial light efficiency is an important indicator reflecting the energy-saving effect of energy-saving lamp products.

At the end of April, NVC officially announced the recall of 824,000 energy-saving lamps, which is on the blacklist. Shi Yongjun, director of the brand management center of the company, explained that although this batch of products still meets the energy conservation certification standards, the consistency of the lamps in the manufacturing process is not well controlled and fails to meet the design's first-level energy efficiency requirements, which is a batch difference. problem.

There are similar problems in the Philips lighting that won the bid for “National High-efficiency Lighting Product Promotion Project” for three consecutive years. On April 26, its public relations manager Hu Zhenghong stated that the company is conducting internal self-inspection and inventory, and has actively withdrawn its products for high-power products in relevant batches before October 2010.

For energy-saving lamp power and the phenomenon of inconsistency, the manager of Zhongshan Energy Saving Electric Co., Ltd. said: “On the one hand, the quality of electronic components in the line is not stable and the design parameters are unreasonable; on the other hand, the company’s production control is not done well. There is no detection at the factory.” Mr. Wen of the China Illuminating Engineering Society told the reporter, “Energy-saving lamps have relatively high technical requirements, and many companies cut corners in order to save costs.”

Market Status: Low-cost defective products flood the market with “2U, 2.15 RMB; 3U, 3.0 RMB; semi-spiral 3.3 RMB; full spiral 3.5 RMB.” This is the price quoted by an energy-saving lamp manufacturer in Zhongshan.

"Regular manufacturers of high-quality energy-saving lamp products can not produce three or five yuan." Manager Zhang Zhongshan energy-saving electrical company revealed that in order to reduce costs, many small companies have long been eliminated by the use of powdered or mixed powder to replace rare earth prices in recent years Three-color phosphor, the cost can save 0.5 yuan to 1 yuan. In addition, the energy-saving lamps flame retardant point is high temperature, but many manufacturers use non-flame-retardant plastic parts, a lamp cost can also save 0.5 yuan to 1 yuan, and some energy saving lamps simply even the insurance are saved, even External lime material, various electronic components, etc., may use different quality things to reduce costs.

Manager Zhang said that at present, there are also some small workshops that pretend to be well-known big names. These products often use inferior parts to put together poor quality products and rely on low prices to seize the market, which is difficult for ordinary consumers to distinguish.

The source revealed that China exported about 3.5 billion energy-saving lamp products last year, of which Southeast Asia and the Middle East accounted for about one-third. However, many of the energy-saving lamp products sold to the markets of Southeast Asia and the Middle East are halogen powder lamps. "This year, the ratio may increase."

Guo Xiu, secretary general of the Guangdong Lighting Association, also stated that the energy-saving lamp manufacturers in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, have occupied 50% of the domestic energy-saving lamp market. These manufacturers have won low-price competition for the weapons they have won, and low-cost energy-saving lamp products are halogen powder lamps. These Zhongshan manufacturers are even referred to as 'garbage manufacturers' in the industry."

"When consumers purchase, it is difficult to distinguish which energy-saving lamp is a halogen powder. Generally speaking, the energy-saving effect of a halogen powder lamp is only about 50% of the three-color phosphor energy-saving lamps." The above-mentioned sunlight lighting [19.743.08 % Shares] High-level said, "More terribly wrong, the life of the halogen powder lamps is about 30% shorter than the three-color energy-saving lamps."

In-line Reflection: National Standards and Certification An authoritative source who is not willing to disclose the name of Guangdong Province's energy-saving industry has stated that it is not surprising that miscellaneous brands are out of the question. However, quality problems with brand names do indicate that this market problem is serious. He believes that as SMEs' low-cost products flood the market, international energy-saving lamp brand manufacturers have also encountered great pressure in opening up the Chinese market. Some international brand manufacturers simply rent out their own brands to domestic manufacturers, which are produced and shipped by domestic manufacturers. However, these big-name companies are not so handy in quality control, so problems may arise.

For example, he said that Philips mainly adopts OEM production mode in China. “Many OEMs and imperfect inspection systems have made unqualified energy-saving lamps eventually reach the tens of millions of households under the name of Philips.”

"Philips found foundry companies, not all have the strength, and can not guarantee the quality of the product." Guangdong has done a small amount of brand-name business snow Wright [10.044.37% shares] lighting company vice president of marketing Wei Zhiquan told reporters.

However, some industry authorities believe that most of the world's branded products are now manufactured by OEM companies. The acceptance criteria are quite strict and the requirements for OEM companies are relatively high. Therefore, there are not many quality problems in their products. However, at home in the past few years, the relationship between Philips and its foundry companies has become increasingly delicate due to the squeeze in profit margins caused by rapid cost increases. In order to ensure that their profits do not fall, Philips, who has always been strict with quality, has no choice but to let go.

As the final mark before the listing of energy-saving lamps, the national product standards and certifications, Guo Xiuyan, chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Lighting Association, is almost "in name only." "For the purpose of certification, the relevant departments only collect inspection fees, follow-up management, monitoring can not keep up, the annual inspection is to go through the court only."

The biggest problem in the LED industry at present is the development of an immature industry and products. Japan's energy-saving lamp product failure rate is only one in three million, while the domestic failure rate in the 60% -80%. How can immature products be pushed onto the market? Fortunately, it is energy-saving lamps, not cars. If it is a car, how many people will die?