Our kitchen is dark. We considered putting in tubular skylights but because of the second floor, it would be too expensive. We have several different light sources but it still just wasn't enough.
We put up a set of three pendant type lights on a track which was hard enough to find but they require candelabra lights. We bought some expensive daylight CFLs and they didn't last more than a few months. We tried other candelabra lights but they just didn't give enough light or were yellow tinged. I wanted daylight bulbs. The photo shows daylight in the foreground and regular in the back.
Art looked on line and found that there are adapters that will change a candelabra socket to a medium socket. They were cheap, just a dollar. However, it cost over $4.00 to ship it to us in Hawaii... a piece! It would have cost us $3.00 for the three adapters and another $13.00 + in shipping charges. Couldn't they put three of them in one box? I guess not. Sheesh!
We checked several lighting and electrical stores and found one for $4.50 a piece. Sigh...
My brother recommended we go to Hardware Hawaii in Mapunapuna. They didn't have it but their Kailua store did. They sent it over and voila! Yae! It worked!
We bought some medium socket daylight CFLs and are thrilled that now I can read the morning comics... I mean NEWS with enough light. It never bothers Art to not have a lot of light. But I like it bright.
It's easy to find bulb adapters going from medium to candelabra, but difficult to find the other way around.
POSTSCRIPT 1: Ummmm.... you know what? We used the light tonight and uuuuuuhhhhh.... it was a little too bright. Did you hear Art's sigh of exasperation?
POSTSCRIPT 2: Just kidding.
We put up a set of three pendant type lights on a track which was hard enough to find but they require candelabra lights. We bought some expensive daylight CFLs and they didn't last more than a few months. We tried other candelabra lights but they just didn't give enough light or were yellow tinged. I wanted daylight bulbs. The photo shows daylight in the foreground and regular in the back.
Art looked on line and found that there are adapters that will change a candelabra socket to a medium socket. They were cheap, just a dollar. However, it cost over $4.00 to ship it to us in Hawaii... a piece! It would have cost us $3.00 for the three adapters and another $13.00 + in shipping charges. Couldn't they put three of them in one box? I guess not. Sheesh!
We checked several lighting and electrical stores and found one for $4.50 a piece. Sigh...
My brother recommended we go to Hardware Hawaii in Mapunapuna. They didn't have it but their Kailua store did. They sent it over and voila! Yae! It worked!
We bought some medium socket daylight CFLs and are thrilled that now I can read the morning comics... I mean NEWS with enough light. It never bothers Art to not have a lot of light. But I like it bright.
It's easy to find bulb adapters going from medium to candelabra, but difficult to find the other way around.
POSTSCRIPT 1: Ummmm.... you know what? We used the light tonight and uuuuuuhhhhh.... it was a little too bright. Did you hear Art's sigh of exasperation?
POSTSCRIPT 2: Just kidding.
