My flat came with “energy saving” bulbs which were fluorescent (even worse than LEDs) and capped at 13W. I couldn’t even plug in 18W fluorescent ones into the socket, because the plastic shape is different (even though the electrical connections are the same). I put “energy saving” in scare quotes because they’re in large party energy saving by just being dark. This led me to suffer quite bad SAD for the first and only time in my life. It took until the second winter to figure out that this was what was going on and put in some high-power LED bulbs. Now I’ll have to check for CRI!
My flat came with “energy saving” bulbs which were fluorescent (even worse than LEDs) and capped at 13W. I couldn’t even plug in 18W fluorescent ones into the socket, because the plastic shape is different (even though the electrical connections are the same). I put “energy saving” in scare quotes because they’re in large party energy saving by just being dark. This led me to suffer quite bad SAD for the first and only time in my life. It took until the second winter to figure out that this was what was going on and put in some high-power LED bulbs. Now I’ll have to check for CRI!
Huh, no, a 13 W incandescent light bulb would be very dim