Comments on: Review of OttLite HD 100 watt replacement CFL http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/2009/06/02/review-of-ottlite-hd-100-watt-replacement-cfl/ Fluorescent Light Reviews & LED Reviews Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:05:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dirk Trelevan http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/2009/06/02/review-of-ottlite-hd-100-watt-replacement-cfl/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Dirk Trelevan Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:28:22 +0000 http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/?p=10#comment-21 OTT lite is a brand of spectrally pure lighting. It is typically sold for use in areas where color reproduction is important. Art and graphics work areas, photograhy etc. OTT lite is a brand of spectrally pure lighting. It is typically sold for use in areas where color reproduction is important. Art and graphics work areas, photograhy etc.

]]> By: Tim Lookingbill http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/2009/06/02/review-of-ottlite-hd-100-watt-replacement-cfl/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Tim Lookingbill Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:42:35 +0000 http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/?p=10#comment-18 I've got four of these and use them for digital color photography and imaging research and have to say they aren't instant on from my experience. Mine I bought from Lowe's hardware all start out a bit dim and noticeably bluegreen. However, after about a minute they reach there full brightness with another 5 minutes to shake the bluegreen tinge making my white walls look quite neutral with just a tinge of off white. One concern I have about this particular Ottlite model is after it's been on for several minutes all four emit a kind of scorched electrical chemical smell similar to overheated computer and LCD circuits that irritate my sinuses to the point I get this metalic taste in the back of my mouth. I can only smell this installed in clip on utility lamps tilted down so their back vents point upward for when I use them for photography. I can't detect this odor when installed in regular upright living room lamps. Turning them off and letting them cool down to handle I noticed the same odor smelling the bottom plastic housing near the screw-in post on all of them. Just FYI, Tim Lookingbill I’ve got four of these and use them for digital color photography and imaging research and have to say they aren’t instant on from my experience.

Mine I bought from Lowe’s hardware all start out a bit dim and noticeably bluegreen. However, after about a minute they reach there full brightness with another 5 minutes to shake the bluegreen tinge making my white walls look quite neutral with just a tinge of off white.

One concern I have about this particular Ottlite model is after it’s been on for several minutes all four emit a kind of scorched electrical chemical smell similar to overheated computer and LCD circuits that irritate my sinuses to the point I get this metalic taste in the back of my mouth. I can only smell this installed in clip on utility lamps tilted down so their back vents point upward for when I use them for photography. I can’t detect this odor when installed in regular upright living room lamps.

Turning them off and letting them cool down to handle I noticed the same odor smelling the bottom plastic housing near the screw-in post on all of them.

Just FYI,

Tim Lookingbill

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