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**seatlyled** · 09-26-2011, 11:56 AM

Yo,

I just moved into a new place that has a ton of incandescent bulbs (including 3 300W!!!). I want to replace all of the lighting from incandescent to something more efficient. So far, I used a bunch of CFLs that I pilfered from my old place but I still have 3/4 of my home left.

Are LED bulbs ready for mainstream use? Would you recommend them in a home office?

If CFLs are the way to go, are there any bulbs that have a broad light spectrum?

What do you suggest?

Strictly speaking, if you mean a close match for some form of daylight, none I have found. Spectrally, they are very spiky. The closest you can get to actual daylight spectrum are Halogen bulbs from Solux (used by various museums and art exhibitors). I use a Solux lamp for monitor-print matching and they work pretty well. However these Solux lamps dissipate tons of heat...so not very efficient

Typical "daylight" CFL spectrum; this one from Full Spectrum Solutions:

"Daylight" Solux Halogen spectrum:

ps: D50 is a standard illuminant specified by the CIE to closely model the sunlight at around 5000K CCT.

I don't know much about LED lights just yet :/

09-26-2011, 11:56 AM	#3
seatlyled Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	Yo, I just moved into a new place that has a ton of incandescent bulbs (including 3 300W!!!). I want to replace all of the lighting from incandescent to something more efficient. So far, I used a bunch of CFLs that I pilfered from my old place but I still have 3/4 of my home left. Are LED bulbs ready for mainstream use? Would you recommend them in a home office? If CFLs are the way to go, are there any bulbs that have a broad light spectrum? What do you suggest? Strictly speaking, if you mean a close match for some form of daylight, none I have found. Spectrally, they are very spiky. The closest you can get to actual daylight spectrum are Halogen bulbs from Solux (used by various museums and art exhibitors). I use a Solux lamp for monitor-print matching and they work pretty well. However these Solux lamps dissipate tons of heat...so not very efficient Typical "daylight" CFL spectrum; this one from Full Spectrum Solutions: "Daylight" Solux Halogen spectrum: ps: D50 is a standard illuminant specified by the CIE to closely model the sunlight at around 5000K CCT. I don't know much about LED lights just yet :/
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