On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 07:44:51 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:05:42 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:58:29 +0100, Brian Gaff

wrote:

Why is it that when one wants cfls, one is forced to have the weird
light
output that many find hazy and hard to see in? I'd have thought that
the
really white phosphoreds would add very little to the cost and be much
better for lighting purposes, or is the cream/green/yellow fuzzy one
very
much more efficient or something?
It even makes my eyes feel tired even though I cannot see in it.

Brian

Could not agree more.

We have spent considerable effort in sourcing ones which are acceptable
to
us. They are much whiter than standard "tungsten filament replacement"
ones but are not that horrible blue-ish colour of many higher colour
temperature lamps.

What's the make/model and source, please? I'd be interested in those.

Hmmm. They are described as being Photo lamps -

4 DAYLIGHT BULBS 5000k, Trumpet Top,Photo,Craft€‹s,20w BC

obtained from:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/UKRMART

Not cheap... :-(

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Rod