[GreenKeys] Off Topic: Curly-Q light bulbs

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

On 9 June 2018 at 12:54, tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are NO Curly-Q light bulbs - anywhere!
>
> These things were supposed to cure all the world's
> current problems - and anything else bad that would
> ever happen again.
>
Compact fluorescent light bulb? You can't find them anywhere 'cause they suck!

…

Okay back to being serious: If we ignore colour temperature issues
("Why the <bleep> is my light orange-y?"/"Everything has gone <bleep>
blue!"), fluorescent lights have a low colour rendering index (CRI),
unless you buy specific kinds of fluorescent tube (tri-phosphor, cool
white).

CRI is how well you are able to tell colours apart, versus natural
light. Hence The Sun and natural daylight has a CRI of 100;
incandescent bulbs and halogen lamps have CRIs of 100 as well.
Fluorescent are anywhere between 50 and 75. Your cheap-o LED lamp gets
around the low-to-mid 80s, and higher CRI fluorescents do
high-80s/low-90s.


Other disadvantages of fluorescent lights is that they're not designed
for frequent restarting, and a lot have mercury in them to actually
start the light.


> Who can tell me what happened?
>
LED light bulbs are superior, and use even less electricity, while
letting you see colours better. Without the whole "possible mercury
spill" and "burns out faster because I keep turning it off and on"
problems.


Cheers,
Christian
-- 
Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove
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