Colour Temperature Descriptions

It tells you more with a tungsten lamp which has a fairly continuous spectrum output (as does a decent tri-phosphor florry) than with CFL and LED which are anything but.

Fl tubes normally do. CFLs I've seen it in small print on the box, sometimes in a format like '827' meaning 80-90% CRI 2700K CCT.

NT

in a format like '827' meaning 80-90% CRI 2700K CCT.

Yes - seen that. But often not listed on-line, unfortunately.

Fluorescents... Knock yourself out.

or =A350? A CFL has better efficacy, faster warmup, longer life, instant on= offability and a fraction the price.

NT

If you need it, the 83% CRI makes it worth the effort and money. If you don't need it, then a CFL will indeed do the job.

mp for =A350? A CFL has better efficacy, faster warmup, longer life, instan= t onoffability and a fraction the price.

CFLs are normally in the 80s% CRI.

NT

for £50? A CFL has better efficacy, faster warmup, longer life, instant onoffability and a fraction the price.

Shop lighting designers are a different breed to anyone else and would get all precious if they couldn't get what they wanted. Also, there's an installed base of these things so notwithstanding the suitability or otherwise of the horrible CFL s**te, it's necessary to replace like with like as what shopowner wants to rip all the fitting down to put some utter s**te lighting in?