6 Feb
2015
6 Feb
'15
9:58 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 07:05:10AM +0000, Peter Corlett wrote:
[...]
LED lighting is actually delivering what the CFLs
falsely claimed, provided
one doesn't need more than about 400lm per bulb due to heat issues. For the
customary single bulb per room in typical UK lighting, it means we're stuck
with CFLs until the technology improves or one replaces the light fitting
with one that takes multiple bulbs. We'll probably see a whole load of crappy
LED bulbs when that finally becomes mainstream though.
I'm going to retract this paragraph as I happened to be in Ryness earlier, and
got to check out the 2015 range which included 1600lm LED bulbs at a not
completely outrageous price. Sadly, the only high-power ones they stock have a
colour temperature of 2700K, aka "is this thing on?" for those of us who are
severely red-green colourblind, and I got grunted at in the usual London
Customer Service style when I asked if they had any in 6500K and was informed I
would have to buy a CFL.
Anyway, given that 1600lm LED bulbs exist, and 6500K LED bulbs exist, one that
does both must surely exist. Now if only I could figure out where to buy
a few...