[geeks] living cheap (moved from rescue@)

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:08:05AM -0500, Chris Hedemark wrote:
> On the more expensive end, I like Lights Of America.  They are about 
> the quickest to start, and have the whitest light.  Most of the bulbs I 
> have now are much cheaper than that, they are Commercial Electric 
> brand, you can get 'em at Home Depot, and they are such a warm range 
> you would think they were incandescent if it weren't for the spiral 
> shape of the "bulb".  Their 11 watt model is the only one I've been 
> able to get into some tight fixtures.

I *hate* that "warm glow" that simulates an incandescent (what is it,
2700 K?).  I prefer the "whitish-blue" of the full-spectrum CFs.

(makes the walls in my house look white, instead of icky-yellow)

Bill

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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas