Do you like "warm" lights or "cool" new ones?
In article , dpb wrote:
RPS wrote:
I have to make some decisions about lighting the lobby of a six-flat
building, stairwell, hallways, back porches, as well as a security
light for the yard.
The basic decision is: do we go with old fashioned warm yellowish
lights, or the new cool "bluish "daylight" types?
Any suggestions or experience appreciated.
For general access areas such as that, can't see how the color
temperature could make a lick of real difference...go for cheap 'n
cheery would be my recommendation--if they're prone to breakage or
theft, stick w/ the incandescent; otherwise the energy savings of the
cfl's may pay. Outdoor temperature problems with the latter have been
noted earlier.
There are outdoor ones. I like Philips 5000K ("daylight") ones for
porch lights.
- Don Klipstein )
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