Need to know your Kelvin rating??

KolorBlind

KolorBlind

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High everyone!!

There are quite a few bulbs out there, especially the GE ones from walmart that do not have a kelvin rating on them. to make it worse some dont even say "daylight" or "soft white".

So after a bunch of searching around I found this AWESOME spreadsheet that lists every (I think) Energy Star qualified CFL, along with wattage, kelvin rating, lumens, etc.

If ANYONE is not able to find the kelvin rating on their bulb, this is the spreadsheet for it. I wish someone would have shown me this 5 days ago I wouldn't have bought a 6 pack of freakin 2700k bulbs to veg with lol.

Here is the spreadsheet link: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?...products_excel

And if you dont have a spreadsheet program, well...go download openoffice.org because its 100% FREE and as good as office. But if you don't want to then here's a link for the same info in html, but its a bit harder to read: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?..._products_text

If a moderator sees this and thinks it might need to be stickied that would be great. Unless of course this information is already available through the forums, in which case I would be baffled at how I didn't find it haha.

Peace
KB
 
KolorBlind

KolorBlind

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Gonna bump this one a few times for the newbies like me that bought lights with no Kelvin rating printed on them :P
Hope this has been helpful to some, would be nice to hear about it if it was :)
 
KolorBlind

KolorBlind

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Aaaaaaand one more bump for good measure. Make sure and spread these links around guys. I have seen soooo many people ask if anyone knows their K rating since its not on the packaging or the bulb. Most bulbs will say "daylight" "soft white" etc. but some dont. Just so ya know, "daylight" bulbs are usually around 5500-6500K and "Soft White" bulbs are usually about 2700K

I just hope this info is getting out there since not many have posted.
 
KolorBlind

KolorBlind

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By the way, the pages will take some time to load, its a lot of info so just be patient. The best thing to do is just save the spreadsheet file to your computer so you don't have to wait each time.

KB
 
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