Light bulbs
How much you know about light bulbs?
This is an important question to answer when you are decorating. The type and strenght of a light bulb plays a major part in how a home accent or your wall decor will look. Different types of light bulbs, halogen, incandescent and florescent light bulbs can chand the color of your walls and carpeting. This has been a trick in home decor stores for quite awhile. This is also why sometimes when you buy something in a store you take it home and notice that it doesn't look the same and you end up taking it back. Clothing is probably the most common item that you see this happening.
This is why choosing a light bulb becomes very important in decorating your home.
When you look at a light in the lighting aisle of a hardware store you cant tell how strong of a light bulb is because all the lights are on which makes it harder to tell how much light the fixture is actually producing. So the next time you are buying a lamp or ceiling fixture pay close attention to the quality of light and whether the store is using a incandescent light bulb or a halogen light bulb it will make a big difference in what you see.
Comments
I have been in the lighting business for 20 years and have witnessed the evolution of the CFL. What I have found that the key to liking the light is directly associated to the brand bulb you buy. It is all about color temperature. Some brands cast a “white” light that is not easy on the eyes - what you want to look for are bulbs that truly produce 2700K.
We sell nearly every brand out there but I can absolutely say that what you want in your house is TCP brand. TCP is the largest producer of CFL’s in the world and from our experience as a distributor; we believe they are the closest to producing true 2700K. Whether you buy them from us is your choice but it makes me sick when I go into someone’s house and their yellow walls turned green - simply because of the color temp that the CFL produce.
Another option is Cold Cathode technology. These are lower wattage bulbs that produce a nice yellow light and come in a variety of designs. They work great in lamps that you want to leave on all the time. I have them in lamps in our house and they never go off… and I can unscrew them at any point with our burning my hand. They take a while to warm up but they are great for the environment and they cast a good light. Here is a link if you want to check them out.
http://www.soslightbulbs.com/shop/customer/home.php?cat=1703
We all want everyone to convert to CFL’s or LED’s or even the newest technology Cold Cathode Lamps BUT we all need to have a good experience when we plug them in AND actually like the light output. If any of you need or want to learn more go to www.soslightbulbs.com then click the home icon in the center of the page - we have put some pretty informative stuff on there, even a energy savings calculator.
I know that this sounds like I am selling BUT I want everyone to have a good experience with a conversion to low wattage CFL’s whether or not they buy them from SOS is really up to you. I think Home Depot is carrying a decent line of CFL’s that we have tested if you would prefer to buy them there. What is ultimately important is that we all try to conserve where we can and be less dependant on power companies to produce more and more energy through environmentally unfriendly means such as coal plants.
www.SOSLightBulbs.com
Posted by: Jason Petty | February 16, 2007 07:34 AM
