On 1 Oct, 10:11, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
In article ,
* * * * "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" writes:

Are they A Good Thing for cheering up a kitchen through the winter, and

Definitely not. They have the most appalling effect on the colour
of food, and unless you lined the ceiling with loads of tubes to
get the lighting level up to that of midday sun, the colour will
look wrong.

possibly having a beneficial effect on the symptoms of SAD? I'm having some
bother finding a 6' one locally but if they're worth having I'll continue
the search.

SAD needs a bright light. There's no evidence colour makes a scrap
of difference, but the manufacturers of special lights like you to
think it does so you'll buy their very expensive replacement tubes.

(chop)
--
Andrew Gabriel
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You need to tell Screwfix that as their spectral diagram in the Lamps
section shows SAD application as being beyond Daylight (16000k).
Snakeoil perhaps!!

Rob