You do have to pay extra for 6000K+ compact fluorescents, but not that much more (http://www.ecofriendlylightbulbs.co.uk/product.php?productid=16180&cat=278&page=1), particularly when you consider you're going to be saving an enormous amount compared to an ordinary incandescent.
Older compact fluorescents flickered quite badly. Modern ones don't so much. Ones with a modern electronic ballast flicker at about 30,000Hz, which is too high for people to detect.
I've tried both 2000K and 6400K compact fluorescents out, and the difference in colour quality is really quite obvious, not just in looking at the bulb but in looking at the lit room. I'd never go back to a 2000K fluorescent now.
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Date: 2008-07-01 12:24 pm (UTC)You do have to pay extra for 6000K+ compact fluorescents, but not that much more (http://www.ecofriendlylightbulbs.co.uk/product.php?productid=16180&cat=278&page=1), particularly when you consider you're going to be saving an enormous amount compared to an ordinary incandescent.
Older compact fluorescents flickered quite badly. Modern ones don't so much. Ones with a modern electronic ballast flicker at about 30,000Hz, which is too high for people to detect.
I've tried both 2000K and 6400K compact fluorescents out, and the difference in colour quality is really quite obvious, not just in looking at the bulb but in looking at the lit room. I'd never go back to a 2000K fluorescent now.