"N Cook" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily wrote in message
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I have just returned from a Christmas trip to Vegas, staying in the same
big
name Strip-side hotel that I always do. However, since I was last there a
year ago, they seem to have had a big drive to turn the room lighting
over
to CFLs. Now, instead of getting a decent light in the room when you come
in
the door, it's like someone is going round lighting candles one at a
time.
When the rotten things have finally warmed up enough to give out some
light,
the room appears dingy and uninviting. Although at first glance, the
colour
temperature and CRI look a 'reasonable' match to incandescent, the light
actually has a most unpleasant 'sick' quality to it.

Above the beds, there are standard 'large format' reflector spots, for
reading. These have now been replaced by lamps with a similar form
factor,
but which contain a double spiral CFL element. The light that these
output,
again once they have warmed up enough to produce light worth bothering
about, is singularly unsuitable for reading by, and after a couple of
nights, I gave up trying.

Now if this is the level that the technology has reached, and this is the
sort of product that forthcoming government legislation in my country
(UK)
and several others I believe, is aiming to force us to accept by banning
sales of incandescents, then I for one, will be stocking up on enough
light
bulbs to see my days out ...

Arfa



For your own personal use.
Assuming your lamps are bright enough, then you could always mix up some
varnish and some red + ? dye/ink to make a weak colour wash to paint over
your CFLs to adjust the colouration to your own taste.


Wot a cracking idea, Gromit ! I could then have even LESS light coming out
of them ... d;~}

Arfa