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Not sure whether this should go under General Discussion but let's see.
There is an obvious advantage to CFL's but I find the illumination colour dreadful. I know there are types of CFL marketed in temperature rated colours but generally the domestic units are the Cold/Blue/Hard tones of fluorescent lights.
So Why can't the manufacturer's produce tones similar to that of the Incandescent lights where warm tones are emitted.
I understand the Physics of fluorescents and the energy levels involved in the fall of electrons to lower shells and Photon emission and the Fluorescent action of the inner surface of the lamp, and as such the light Colour is pre-determined by the gas used in the device, but surely the colour of the glass of which the lamp is made can make the colour that much warmer for domestic use. Or is there a problem that I don't understand here?
There is an obvious advantage to CFL's but I find the illumination colour dreadful. I know there are types of CFL marketed in temperature rated colours but generally the domestic units are the Cold/Blue/Hard tones of fluorescent lights.
So Why can't the manufacturer's produce tones similar to that of the Incandescent lights where warm tones are emitted.
I understand the Physics of fluorescents and the energy levels involved in the fall of electrons to lower shells and Photon emission and the Fluorescent action of the inner surface of the lamp, and as such the light Colour is pre-determined by the gas used in the device, but surely the colour of the glass of which the lamp is made can make the colour that much warmer for domestic use. Or is there a problem that I don't understand here?