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pikergolf 08-12-2017 05:58 PM

What temp lighting do you have in your house.
 
I got so sick of the ugly yellow lighting of the florescent's in the house. When I switched over to LED I went to daylight K5000. I can see things much more clearly now although the temp took some getting used to. What is everyone else that is switching to LED using?

badger 08-12-2017 06:06 PM

When LED bulbs went on subsidy I changed all the incandescents to 5000k daylights. Everything is a more natural colour. When I was running a large aquarium, the daylight spectrum looked much better and I got used to it.

fishunter327 08-12-2017 06:13 PM

I put 3500K in my kitchen as the 5000k seemed too white.

reddeerguy2015 08-12-2017 06:33 PM

3000k is recommended for LED interior lighting. It's a softer light without being too harsh.

Most early LED was 5000k. 2700 to 3500k is readily available now.

pikergolf 08-12-2017 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by reddeerguy2015 (Post 3601843)
3000k is recommended for LED interior lighting. It's a softer light without being too harsh.

Most early LED was 5000k. 2700 to 3500k is readily available now.

2700 to 3500k is way to yellow for me, hate it.

Selkirk 08-12-2017 06:40 PM

LED Lighting
 
Over the past year I have switched over most of our lighting to LED's, taking advantage of the subsidies and various retail sales.

For most of the house I installed the more pleasing (to most) 'Warm-White' (3000/3500K) LED's.

For my workbench room, garage, and our office area, I went with 'Daylight' (5000K) LED's.

Selkirk

kevinhits 08-12-2017 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by pikergolf (Post 3601830)
I got so sick of the ugly yellow lighting of the florescent's in the house. When I switched over to LED I went to daylight K5000. I can see things much more clearly now although the temp took some getting used to. What is everyone else that is switching to LED using?

I also took advantage of the one dollar bulbs at Canadian Tire a couple months back...Bought 60 bulbs and make a huge difference. I always install daylight led lights.

Big Sky 08-12-2017 06:57 PM

Mostly 3500k at our place.
We've got 5000's in the laundry room and garage. There's some 5000's in the kitchen over the work area. I use a 5000 for a reading light.

IMO, the 5000k bulbs have a very stark, white light but they work well in certain situations.

bobtodrick 08-12-2017 08:54 PM

3500k in all areas but workspace in the basement. 5000k there.

Gray Wolf 08-12-2017 10:27 PM

Thomas Edison would not be pleased with you ! ;-)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by pikergolf (Post 3601848)

2700 to 3500k is way to yellow for me, hate it.


How on earth did you survive all those many years, with the old incandescent bulbs ?! :lol:
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Kim473 08-13-2017 06:25 AM

I like the Daylight also.

pikergolf 08-13-2017 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Gray Wolf (Post 3601942)
How on earth did you survive all those many years, with the old incandescent bulbs ?! :lol:
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I don't know. I do know that once I had a few day light bulbs around the house, the yellow ones just started to bug me. Maybe it's my old eyes but I feel like I can see better with day light.

Selkirk 08-13-2017 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by pikergolf (Post 3602046)
I don't know. I do know that once I had a few day light bulbs around the house, the yellow ones just started to bug me. Maybe it's my old eyes but I feel like I can see better with day light.

Your eyes are Not fooling you ... day-light bulbs (~5000K) are better than warm/yellow bulbs (~3000K) for seeing details. The reason some people don't like the day-light bulbs is the 'blue' tinge they give off.

For thousands of years we have been conditioned to warm/yellow light when inside (fireplace/candles/incandescent ... @ 2000-3000K). It's no wonder many of us still prefer that colour of light for informal/in-house lighting.

The next time I buy an LED bulb, I'm going to look for a bulb that emits pure/natural white light (~4000K) and see how that works.



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Selkirk


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