On 14 Oct 2004 "stuart noble" wrote:

I quite fancy the idea of fluorescent tubes on top of kitchen cupboards, as
suggested on here over the years. Are there non-flickering types that will
not be noticeable on start up?
I'm also a little concerned about the coldness of the light bouncing off a
white ceiling. Can anyone suggest a tube that might be closer to daylight?

Yes. For kitchens the best tubes to use are Philips Colour 85.
They are slightly warmer than daylight and won't make food look off.
They are a bit more expensive that ordinary white (35) tubes.

Flourescent tubes generally flicker once or twice on startup if you use
a normal starter switch. You can get instant starting chokes which
don't use switches but they are less efficient.

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