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Thanks, I think that's probably my best option. Have you compared these to halogen torchieres?

• pasbesoin 17y ago
  No, I haven't. It's been some time since I've seen a halogen torchiere. I would suspect the compact fluorescents are dimmer and, depending on the bulb, less "pure white" in perception. The Verilux compact fluorescent bulb I am currently using has a fairly "cold" tone, despite being advertised as "Full Spectrum / Daylight Spectrum:. I have an OTT "Natural Light" bulb and a GE "daylight" bulb (6500K) that I haven't tried, yet. If nothing else works, I'd follow the recommendation of another commentor here and try an incandescent bulb that achieves a full spectrum effect via a rare earth element coating. Note that GE has some incandescent bulbs whose glass has a blueish cast -- "Reveal", I believe they name them -- that are cheaper. However, the Reveal bulbs do not achieve the same effect. I have had such coated incandescent bulbs, of higher quality -- Chromalux is the brand name I seem to recall -- and was quite pleased with their appearance. I did not use them in a torchiere, but they were in a flexible lamp twisted to shine up and provide indirect lighting off of the ceiling. Maybe just get a candidate bulb first and see what you think. Stick in in a desk lamp or similar and bounce the light off the ceiling. It's higher power consumption, but you may just want to try the Chromalux first. If this is fun, wait until we lose the incandescent bulbs... ;-) Sorry if my follow-up sounds less definitive than my original reply.
  • percept 17y ago
    I can see this is going to be a project. ;) The light really is more hazy and dull in the office with the (four!) incandescents in the overhead fan.