About 7 years ago we went to exclusively 6500k 26w CFL bulbs in the home (with 13w in the ceiling fan). Now I'm considering moving to LED seeing as how the price keeps dropping year after year.. and some of my earliest CFL's are starting to fail.
Is there anything I should know as a basic primer before going off to the store and standing in front of a shelf full of a half-dozen brands with marketing designed packages screaming at me?
High CRI? Give up the 100w incan equiv in favor of something more energy efficient? Go warmer in my color temp selection perhaps? How many lumens output should I be looking for?
I think the 6500k "daylight" CFL's I have now may be a bit too blueish.. not too hard on the eyes, however. I'd like to mimic natural daylight if I could.. my ceilings are painted bright white, walls are twilight grey (light blueish-grey) in the living room, a light mocha brown in the bedrooms. How will that affect the light output and buying decision?
Am I thinking too much into this?
Is there anything I should know as a basic primer before going off to the store and standing in front of a shelf full of a half-dozen brands with marketing designed packages screaming at me?
High CRI? Give up the 100w incan equiv in favor of something more energy efficient? Go warmer in my color temp selection perhaps? How many lumens output should I be looking for?
I think the 6500k "daylight" CFL's I have now may be a bit too blueish.. not too hard on the eyes, however. I'd like to mimic natural daylight if I could.. my ceilings are painted bright white, walls are twilight grey (light blueish-grey) in the living room, a light mocha brown in the bedrooms. How will that affect the light output and buying decision?
Am I thinking too much into this?
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