Lighting
12-29-2010, 11:15 PM
#91
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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I used a shop light fixture with full-spectrum light bulbs. This provides the true color lights without a major cost. You will be able to choose between daylight and noon light. Select daylight if the fixture is close to your work and noon light if more than 4 feet away. These lights also help with seasonal affective disorder, if you happen to suffer from that.
12-30-2010, 12:54 AM
#92
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NE Kansas
Posts: 1,024
I love having the center ceiling fan (a must for me) with multiple light outlets and CFL bulbs and an Ott task lamp wherever I am working. Oh...and be careful not to judge the quality of lighting until the bulbs have been on a few minutes. They get better.
12-30-2010, 01:03 AM
#93
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Bardstown, Kentucky
Posts: 2,156
LED lights are great...we use them in the overhead lights in our quilting room and they are bright and last a LONG time..they are pricey right now but as time goes on they will come down in cost..they will be replacing the CFL's with mercury in them
12-30-2010, 02:46 AM
#94
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
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Whatever you do, remember that as you age you will need more lighting, so keep it flexible, if possible. In my machine area, I have 2 large LED spot lights, with an OTT light I can shift into position when I need an extra light. Besides being very energy efficient, the LEDs are cool lights. They don't heat up the area. DH is planning to add more LEDs over my stash area. Unlike many, I don't, however, care what it looks like, I only care what it does for ME. Previous to the LEDs, I had shop lighting, which I liked also.
12-30-2010, 06:17 AM
#95
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Originally Posted by Nanamoms
I am so glad I found this topic! Should have found it earlier as I was trying to sew navy blue fabric with a small desk lamp and the non-existent light on my sewing machine. I can't use flourescent as they give me migraines. I wear no-line bi-focal glasses, too, so that is another issue. I was looking at the Ott lights but never could bring myself to spend the money so I'm glad to know that I might be able to buy the knock-off at Big Lots. I have to have a bright white light to really see well. I'm thinking about getting a floor lamp (knockoff Ott) so it doesn't take up a lot of room on my sewing cabinet. My overhead light is a ceiling fan with 3 lights and I put in the highest wattage it calls for. I then have 2 other lamps in my little tiny sewing room/office and still can't see well so hate to go in there in late afternoon or night. Luckily, there is a large window that lets in good light during the day...if the sun is shining, that is!
12-30-2010, 07:51 AM
#96
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Arlington, TX
Posts: 243
The question was ask if LED light was true color. I have 2 LED lights in my sewing room and they give me the same color match has my Ott-Lite does. The LED lights are a pure white light and much brighter than any other light I have.
12-30-2010, 08:18 AM
#97
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: east central Indiana
Posts: 211
where did you get your lights??
Originally Posted by pflum1
The question was ask if LED light was true color. I have 2 LED lights in my sewing room and they give me the same color match has my Ott-Lite does. The LED lights are a pure white light and much brighter than any other light I have.
12-30-2010, 09:43 AM
#98
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 219
Originally Posted by Connie Merritt
I am curious as to WHY we will have to buy the halogen bulbs. Is this supposed to save energy? Sooooooo we turn on the light and the light get HOT, then we turn on the fan to cool us because the light is HOT. We will not have a choice of what light bulb we prefer to use to save WHAT. Does anyone notice the "circle around the bush (no not George). Sometimes I think the creators of these idiotic ideas stay awake nights and think of ways to make life here more difficult AND expensive. Also, the halogen bulbs do not last the so called 5 years and are TOO expensive.
Okay I'm off my soap box for now. I just wish someone could would explain to me the logical, money saving, energy saving reasons AND tell the truth in advertising.
Wishing Everyone a New Year of Blessings, Good Health, closure to problems, love and of course peace. Gosh I love this quilting community. Thank you for being with me at my coffee cache.
Okay I'm off my soap box for now. I just wish someone could would explain to me the logical, money saving, energy saving reasons AND tell the truth in advertising.
Wishing Everyone a New Year of Blessings, Good Health, closure to problems, love and of course peace. Gosh I love this quilting community. Thank you for being with me at my coffee cache.
12-30-2010, 09:50 AM
#99
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: From WI then Denver then Houston and now Hainesville, IL
Posts: 314
Originally Posted by Alice T
I have not tried the Ott lights but would like to know what others think of them. I have an overhead ceiling fan with 4 lights and two floor lamps with positionable lights that I can move around to hit different areas in my sewing area.
My husband installed ceiling fan with lights and that is perfect for general room light since I also have natural light coming in through two large double windows in my room also. I had track lighting in my old sewing room, and they worked great also-
My hubby is electrician, so I BETTER NOT have any lighting issues!!!
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