In article , "John Weiss" wrote:
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BTW I mix traditional and fluorescent lamps. The end result is a
very good color mix, somewhere between sunlight and standard lamps.
So for the lady of the house who has makeup and clothing color mixing
to do, it is great.

So far I mix them in the kitchen, where we have recessed floods. I still like
the intensity of the halogen right over the workspace of the stove and counter,

with CFLs in the other places. Also, the single halogen in each bank lights up

instantly, while the CFLs warm up, so I don't have to wait to work.

I will probably start using CFL's in the kitchen recessed positions after the halogen
fail. When i checked last The Home Deopot quit selling dimmer capable CFL's several
years ago, so I went with Halogen. I do like the Halogen color but some CFL's
are close. Figure $15 each for a dimmable CFL.

On another note, a GREEN label is on some 4 foot 40 Watt lamps GE Ecolux
tubes in the room here. They FAR outshine any other flourescent lamp
I have seen. They typically look twice as bright as the brightest lamp
here. They DO have a certain greenish color, and they don't have them at the Depot.

greg