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Re: All Fluorescent Light Bulbs are Not Alike

Submitted by ctyankee on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 12:15.

I agree!

  There are "Daylight" fluorescent bulbs.  They're more expensive, and they're not quite as efficient, but the light is a so much better than cool white or warm white.

  A lot of folks fing them harsh, that's because they're so accustomed to the ubiquitous CW & WW trash that's out there.

  For some applications the plain old incandescent bulb is still king as far as I'm concerned.  Unfortunately the "eco-police" are taking them away from us.  That's part of the reason I've become vocal, on so many topice.  I'm all for conservation, efficiency, cleaner alternatives to pollution, but all things in moderation.

If you're just relaxing of performing some non-critical task, then the quality of light probably isn't on the top 10 list.  Few fluorescents and none of the LED's can truly match the full spectrum light quality of incandescent or halogen bulbs, but they're ok, just for general illumination.

I've converted most of the bulbs in the house to CFL, we've still got a pair of incandescent floods & spots, one big halogen flood, 1 yellow bug bulb, etc...

I use the daylight tubes above my shop bench, and found a daylight CFL for the desk lamp, my nightstand reading lamp will always be halogen.

FYI: Whatever you do, don't try to put CFLs in your garage door opener, I wasted 4 lamps because of the vibration. :-(   Maybe LED's would work better?

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All Fluorescent Light Bulbs are Not Alike By: Joseph (18 replies) Thu, 03/22/2007 - 21:35