Monday, February 28, 2011

Incandescent Or Fluorescent?

Have your swapped out you're electro guzzling incandescent bulbs for eco sipping compact fluorescent bulbs? If so you've probably noticed a big difference... Not necessarily in a good way. Even if you don't know what "kelvins" are or color temperature means, your eyes sure know. Here is a example.
 Right away you notice the incandescent is gives off a orange light and the cfls give off a white/blueish light.
This is where the "kelvins" and "color temperature" come in.
You can see that the orange light means it is a warmer light, and the blue light means its a cool light.
Maybe its a preference but I like the warm light cfl's that remind me more of incandescent light. Here are some examples to compare the kelvin rating on cfls to warm vs cool light. Color Temperature Wiki

Temperature Source
1,700 K Match flame
1,850 K Candle flame, sunset/sunrise
2,700–3,300 K Incandescent light bulb
3,350 K Studio "CP" light
3,400 K Studio lamps, photofloods, etc.
4,100 K Moonlight, xenon arc lamp
5,000 K Horizon daylight
5,500–6,000 K Vertical daylight, electronic flash
6,500 K Daylight, overcast
9,300 K CRT screen

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