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Subject: Re: eco lights was Re: [OM] New OM-1N and battery problem
From: "Tom Trottier" <tom@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:12:34 -0400
You can also buy full-range fluorescents, at least in the 4' & 8' 
sizes. They imitate sunlite at 6000K. Pricey, about $8 Canadian, but 
much better light. That's all I have in the 12 or so fluorescent lites 
I have around the house.

Tom

--- Original Message ---
From:                   HI100@xxxxxxx
Date sent:              Sun, 19 Sep 1999 08:34:05 EDT

> In a message dated 9/18/99 12:22:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> << re. swithing off lamps etc.
>  I would suggest that you look into compact florescents, a la Philips
>  EarthLights. Color (to the eye) is comparable to that od an incandescent
>  (golden hue), but it's still florescent (pictures turn out green...).
>  I managed to convince my parents to change all the daily/high use/living
>  area to those. >>
> 
> Most but not all of the common compact flourescents are so called warm-white 
> (often marked WW) and hence produce much more red than the old cool white 
> (CW) units. The WW's don't turn you into Boris Karloff  and are visually hard 
> to distinguish from incandescent lamps .  In Europe the Warm lamps are often 
> termed "Deluxe". Unfortunatey the spare bulbs that are stocked in the Home 
> improvement stores are often Cool white particularly the "circline" style. 
> Also the cheapest versions of the circleline style of lamps are usually CW 
> and worse do not use solid state ballasts so flicker for ages until they 
> start. In regular 4ft etc straight flourescents an even warmer colour 
> rendering can be obtained using lamps marked KB or "kitchen bathroom". 
> Unfortunately most consumers aren't aware of the differences and buy on 
> price. The 69c specials are never KB lamps but turn everybody into 
> Frankenstein. The KB tubes usually run more like $5. but are definetly worth 
> it in quality of light.
> 
> Tim Hughes
> Hi100@xxxxxxx

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