Onebyone

I love daylight tone in my sewing room. I use the 100 watt equivalent bulbs. It has made a tremendous difference. I put the same bulbs in my dining room chandelier. Six 100 watt equivalent bulbs. It is glorious. I use the warmer color bulbs in my living room and bedrooms because of decor. Bright white in the kitchen and breakfast room. I've not noticed any skin tones being off, everyone looks like they always do.

An incandescent bulb becomes too hot to touch soon after you turn it on.A fluorescent bulb, on the other hand, takes several minutes to warmup, and never feels really hot


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Jordan

I have LED lights throughout the house and they sure are nice and bright. In fact, I just bought a feather weight and the seller had put an LED light bulb in and it is nice. I love it. I have never heard of LED lights fading fabrics.

nativetexan

I got "day light" bulbs years ago but they gave off a soft blue light. Didn't like those. here, my son put in LED ones for me. world of difference. but then, he loves LED's.

sewnclog

I too switched all the fluorescent bulbs in my house over to LED's I Love them. Yes fluorescent lights Do over time fade fabric. I didn't know that at the time I had them installed, but All my blubs are now leds and yes cheaper light bill and no heat from them - which might be a drawback to the northerners in the winter; helps keep the room warm, but I love mine. Good luck. I don't think you'll be sorry.

SusieQOH

We're slowing changing to LED's throughout our home. Love them.
I bought one for my Featherweight and it's really nice. Actually I bought 2 as they have 2 different kinds and like them both.

Onebyone

The only drawback to LED lighting used all the time, especially at night can cause sleep problems.

cajilihog

LCD's by themselves do not produce light. Manufacturers use - CCFL (Cold Cathode Florescent Lamp)/HCFL/LED's (Light Emitting Diodes) as the source of light. Most of these are side lit. Backlit LED's basically is a panel of LED's that illuminate the entire LCD in the form of a matrix and provides a uniform level of illumination.
In essence the screen is still and LCD (liquid crystal display) but with a matrix of LED's providing the back-lighting

juliasb

I keep all my fabrics is a dark and cool place behind closed doors at all times except to take out for cutting and piecing and sewing together the quilt. Finished quilts go back into a darkened room when finished. I have only changed out my sewing room so far because of the cost of the LeD lighting and DH prefers the softer feel of LCD light.

mkc

Also look at CRI (color rendering index) for LEDs. 90+ is what you want for true colors. Most LEDs are 80 CRI unless advertised with higher numbers. They will be more expensive, but worth it especially where you want to see and compare fabric and thread colors.

I have 90+ CRI 3500K LEDs in my sewing room. The coolest I would go is 4000K, but only with high CRI.

charlottequilts

LEDs have caused retinal damage, with short-term exposure, in rat studies. By the time that gets connected to humans, many of us will likely be gone, hopefully with some vision left. But we will have saved money and energy.

charlotte