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Originally Posted by scott06  Dr. Chrondo may be correct but perhaps not entirely..the terms such as soft white and such have not been standardized entirely by the industry in the recent past....has that changed recently?....Dr Chondro can you let us know if the plans to standardize those terms across the inducstry and internationally has been completed? I would be very helpful to know if that awaited change has occured and thanks for trying to add to the accuracy of the responces.
I need to know when I don't know...cause everyone thinks they know until they findout otherwise...members don't be afraid to post...if it is incorrect you and others get the chance to learn more....I have to respectfully disagree with comments about missinforming people...because how can you know you are wrong until you say it and someone points it out...no one has all the answers and of course answers change as we learn more and technical advances are made
and Dr Chrondro I would appreciate if you did your corrections (which I encourage you to do) more kindly and I am sure you find that kindness recipicated |
Sorry my man i didn't mean to sound brunt. The reason i don't like misinformation is because if someone posts a reply and it is wrong and then no one ever posts the right information, then someone is going to carry on with the wrong information until either they find out for themselves or someone else sets them straight. It is better to not know at all then to think your right and your really not.
Manufacturer's like Phillips and Osram will usually put either a 3-digit abbreviation. The first digit being the color rendering index (CRI) and the latter two digits being the Color Temperature. Ex. 827 = 85% CRI (approx) and 2700K Warm White. Other manufacturers will have the color usually indicated by WW for warm white, SW for Soft White, BW for Bright or Enhanced white, CW for cool white (the most common), and DW for the bluish daylight white. The label's for each color temperature that i have already stated are correct and have been standardized for a while now, since they started making incandescent bulbs, the only thing that will change with the energy star 4.0 revision is that it will require manufacturers to now label the bulb with the color temperature on the packaging.