Lights-Of-America Brand. WalMart, Costco. ~$6 each. I've seen 'em elsewhere, but at substantially higher cost.
The thought crossed my mind of getting a low power 6500K bulb, and then giving her the choice of 6500K or 2700K.
He can always explain the difference away to his wife that the lower temperature ones are more efficient!!
I do hope she doesn't read this newsgroup!!
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How about if you install another light for yourself in the morning?
Keep your wife happy and she'll keep you happy, (at least in my experience.)
George H.
How about if you install another light for yourself in the morning?
Keep your wife happy and she'll keep you happy, (at least in my experience.)
George H.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Yep. A happy wife means a happy life.
Why not? Do all of the electrons run out?
Get some table lamps with shades. Overhead lights are stark, especially first thing in the morning.
Undercabinet lights are great in a kitchen, especially dimmable ones.
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I got some 3 watt LEDs similar purpose, but only 100 ma or less each. Lots of extra light.
Greg
Mine are modules. If I cranked them up from 100 ma. Way to bright. 2700 degrees.
Greg
It's great for task light, like a workshop or laundry. It's a little harsh for a kitchen but not all that different than light from halogen can lights (my preference).
Um, the kitchen isn't the first thing I use out of bed, either. ;-)
Heat. The electronics in the base of a "normal" CFL fries if it's run base-up. Most don't like being in can lights or enclosures of any kind, either. CFLs are really a lousy technology for many reasons.
I see this evening she has bought a 13 watt 6500K bulb. The original was a 26 watt. If she installs it herself, she has to be happy, right? We will see. I'll still be on the prowl for a 4100K 26 watt bulb. Mikek
PS. My wife bought her own chain saw too.
I think the CFL is going to be run out by LEDs fairly fast. A flash in the technological pan. Mikek
The 6500K have the highest color rendering index values, usually in the 90s ( beyond excellent), so if your butter looks green, it's because it /is/ g reen.
That's the other complicating factor, luminance, or the reflected light lea ving a surface. This could also explain your green butter, it was being ill uminated by predominantly green reflection off some surface, but the direct illumination of the butter should be true at 6500K.
I thought the OP lived in a houseboat. Unless it is some kind of humongous, a 1600 lumen bulb seems way way way over-illumination, that will bring out all the other existing defects in spades, the main one being glare. He sho uld probably stay with 6500K and go to a dimmable.
These fit in the same fixture?
That has an ominous sound to it.
I think you're right; one that I'll (mostly) pass on. Except for very limited use, I can't stand them. They have the worst features of both (incandescent and fluorescent).
they do, it's the blend they choose that determines the aparrent colour temperature.
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I opened and removed one of the 13 watt 6500K bulbs from the package of two package. I then installed a 23 watt 5000K bulb in the ceiling fixture that I bought. The half empty package is on the counter. I'll see if she is happy with what she thinks she bought. This bulb is slow to get to the operating color.
My morning may have been better with the 13 watt bulb, but I don't think she would have been happy with a bulb of half the power. She didn't know what was in the fixture previously. Mikek
Yes, compared to the long history of the incandescent, the CFL is going to be quite a bit shorter run.
Well, they DO save electricity, and they do last a bit longer than a plain incandescent. We have some fancy incand. bulbs, decorator-style things like flair and big globe bulbs that have lasted many years, while the typical
60W frosted bulb would only last a couple months at most. I guess those long-lasting bulbs were running at a much lower filament temperature.CFLs rarely last as long as the glowing predictions on the box for
10K hour life, though. Bathrooms are really bad due to the humidity. I marked the install date on mine, and usually got 2 years or so. Guessing maybe 6-8 hours/day, that comes to maybe 4000 hours. Of course, if your kids start tossing balls in the house, lifetime can be measured in minutes!Jon
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