Ecclecticmum Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 We have a LOT of fluorescent long shopping centre type tubes in our house (perhaps the last person thought it was cheaper to get them rather than glasses or was afraid of his own shadow? who knows), its complete overkill, like being in a supermarket 24/7. And definitely not good for DS, so.... I was looking at Lamp bulb costs, energy efficiency etc (I want to create that lovely homey feel of just lamps in the home, but not drain too much on electricity) and anyyyywayy, whilst I was researching, I came across a waldorf school that replaced all their fluorescent and incandescent with full spectrum lightbulbs. Reading about it on Wiki is pretty much saying its a gimmick (at least thats what I took away from it) WDYT? Are they a gimmick? Are they worth it? Do they work with dimmers? I was thinking it would obviously not be good for all over the house for the lamps (they look exxy from what I can tell) but was thinking it would be perfect for the normal overhead lights in the kids bedroom, toy room and Atelier to replace the current room bulbs if they are that good. P.S. If anyone here has an ideal solution for being energy efficient with lamps and creating that subtle warm atmosphere, I'm all ears (we already have one of those push on hand lamps that require batteries, don't want anymore of them or fairy lights. And definitely no candles, im talking non-supervision lamps here, I can't leave the children playing with a flame somewhere nearby obviously) I know its an unusual question, but most people here are quite knowledgable :) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillian Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'm interested as well. When it's the slightest bit cloudy, DS throws open all the shades and mourns the sun. Good thing we live in a sunny place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 We use the daylight ones and they are fantastic. It really does make the room feel like sun is shining through the windows. I have them in the basement and you can see the difference. I am using the compact fluorescents and the long ones in the laundry room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'm an electrical engineer, and used to be heavily involved in lighting design and lamp selection, but not so much in the last 10 years or so. I haven't hear of these in my applications, but that might not be surprising. However, I went to a credible source for info (Osram Sylvania, a major lamp manufacturer) and found this white paper: http://assets.sylvania.com/assets/documents/faq0012-0297.bef4a96f-83c6-46d3-a81c-33e67e466443.pdf I think what they're saying without saying it is that the claims are mostly bogus. Or at least not scientifically documented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclecticmum Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Thanks OhM, thats what I thought. I still may look into a daylight bulb for the Atelier (when the kids want to do art as its getting dark, its harder for them to judge the colouring, current lightbulb is a bit to yellow IMO), but I'll just concontrate now on back to the lamps lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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