Thoughts on CFL bulbs

[shantikami]

It was mentioned earlier that CFL bulbs produce poor light. It's so true.

However, I wonder if anyone else has noticed that these bulbs also cast distinctly orange light. I have one of those pathetic bulbs on, and my room is ...tainted with an ugly shade of orange. My blue drawing, which should be glowing bright blue, looks muddy, reds and pinks run together in a dispirited mess, and whites look like pastel orange. It's just a downer to be in here. And I feel easily confused, suffering from poor concentration.

So, curious about the effect of being exposed to a color for prolonged periods of time, I looked up information.

Turns out that too much orange can lead to tiredness, irritability, pessimism and confusion, as well as an increased appetite, and can effect the nerves. So, it screws with your emotions and body.

How many of us undergo prolonged exposure to these orange-glaring CFL lights? Especially anyone who works later in the day? How many of us have been effected by them, and had no idea why we are cranky, confused, and sure we can't follow through with our goals, meditations and dreams, because they are just too hard??

I just wanted to bring this up, because there have been quite a few messages about people not feeling they can make it as Spiritual Satanists, lately. I wonder how much of this dispiritedness is fed by the near-constant exposure to this ghastly orange color? I wonder if the people who push these bulbs on us are aware of the effects of these bulbs?

Has anyone else noticed this? Thoughts, questions, comments, corrections?

with eternal love & devotion to Satan, our Father
with eternal honor & respect to our gods and goddesses
with friendship to my sister/fellow Spiritual Satanists?

 

[shantikami]

Wow. Much worse than I thought. I am going to have to replace the ugly thing, asap. Thank you for sharing!

 

[enemyofjezzuz]

Seems every time I research the damn things, they turn out even worse. Besides that there is RF interference (and I do not trust them--42 watts is a lot to do shit with), the spectrum is horrible. And, if they are turned on and you are having trouble meditating, that is yet another strike against them.
And there is no need to have kike bulbs in the first place. I got LEDs exclusively. Their spectrum is far superior to kike bulbs. I got the "daylight" versions--5000 K (which still has some yellow but not as much as the 2700). If you want that incandescent look, stick with the 2700. CREE has some nice bulbs that replace 40 watts (at 2700), 60 (at 2700 and 5000), and new 75 (at 2700). Ecosmart has flying saucer bulbs (the LEDs are arranged near the equator to produce a flying saucer appearance) in the 60 and 75 watt equivalent. SunSun, a Chinese company, offers cheap snow cones that run at 2700 and 5000 K and use 10 watts for a 60 watt equivalent. I also have numerous other LEDs that are both snow cones (recommended for recessed fixtures and fixtures along walls or ceilings) and omnidirectional (more for lamps and chandeliers).
I also use Christmas LEDs a lot. Those come in warm and cool white, as well as a lot of colors that are appealing. I use the multicolor sets. These are not meant for task lighting, but I find you can get around with their light. One string uses about 4.8 watts. They are also nice to run light into places where only a little is needed but it is difficult to run regular lights into.
Some advantages of LED:
Efficiency. The CREE uses less than 10 watts for 850 lumens of light. Most LEDs use between 10 and 12 watts for a 60-watt replacement. And that is honest. Kike bulbs tend to use 15 watts, and have a power factor of 0.5. That wastes power. And that doesn't include the 40-something watts not accounted for.
Ability to turn them off and on. I often turn my LEDs off if I am going to be out of the room for even a second. This does not harm them at all. Try THAT with a kike bulb--you will ruin them.
Dimmable.  Many LEDs are dimmable.  Kike bulbs that are dimmable dim poorly.  They tend to throw a hissy fit when dimmed, even burning down your house.  LEDs will dim much lower, but not quite to zero as with incandescent and halogen.  They will cut out totally when they reach their minimum, instead of burning down your house.
Cold weather.  My apartment often gets down to 13 degrees C, which is hard on kike bulbs.  Starting a kike bulb below 20 C is difficult, and even if they will start down to -10, they struggle.  LEDs start without complaining.  I replaced the 40 watt incandescent bulb in my refrigerator with a 7 watt LED and it works perfectly.  In fact, they are even more efficient at temperatures below 20 C.  Just don't think of running them in the oven--or a kike bulb, for that matter.
Ruggedness.  Dropping a LED is most likely to result in noise, and maybe a scratch in the floor--but the bulb works.  The worst is that it will ruin the bulb.  No glass (the phosphor is dangerous if you get cut on it) in a million pieces.  No mercury to worry about.  And the LEDs are able to do rough service duty.  Try THAT with a kike bulb.
If you are having trouble meditating after you just changed from incandescent to kike bulbs (the squiggly things), change them back and see if this trouble goes away.  It could be the enemy--or it could be simply your bulb is preventing you from getting results.  Or, switch to LED and see if that improves things.  It should.  If not, it could also be the smart meter they installed outside--those are one of the few devices that are as bad as kike bulbs.