On 1 Oct, 22:22, Rod wrote:
dg wrote:
On 1 Oct, 09:46, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
Are they A Good Thing for cheering up a kitchen through the winter, and
possibly having a beneficial effect on the symptoms of SAD? I'm having some
bother finding a 6' one locally but if they're worth having I'll continue
the search.

Si

I am trialling a CFL daylight bulb in the bathroom, a bedroom and
dining room at the moment. They are all nice and bright - 150w
equivalent.

In the dining room, the light is OK in the day as it gives a bit of a
boost to daylight which is coming through the patio doors. But at
night it looks plain odd. Its too white, looks cold, and visually is
less preferable to the warmer CFLs in an adjacent room or the tungsten
spots in the kitchen. It does not promote a feeling of well-being at
night- just a feeling of unnaturalness.

In the bedroom, again it looks unnatural, but is a better light for
getting dressed and for mrs dg putting the make-up on. Its a shock
when the light is put on on during the night after darkness or if
waking up when its dark. It's not as calming as some warm low wattage
CFLs which we have in bedside lamps.

Its not a nice light to wake up.

In the bathroom, its a nice useful light. So this one will probably
stay and the others will be removed.

Full spectrum bulbs are just too subjective - as are all colour
temperatures really.

What exactly is colour accuracy and how is it needed at home? Its a
bit irrelevant

If you are doing photography, or need accurate colour rendition for
some commercial application, then fine, but at home, at night IMO, a
warm yellow is the most "natural"

dg

Sorry - I feel that the 2700K CFLs are truly ghastly for use in the
living room in the evening! Even standard tungstens are a bit too
yellow. Not certain what temperature ours are, 4000K I think, and they
are fine.

Certainly anyone looking from outside might think it cold, but we are
quite happy. And warm. :-)

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The ones I have are 6200k

dg