From owner-i_see@indiana.edu Fri Oct 6 12:37:13 EST 1995 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 09:46:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Finkelman Subject: Re: Full spectrum lighting Status: RO X-Status: vita lite makes 40 watt flourecent tubed. They are very good for winter blues or seasonal depression. For that application, use at least 6 tubes and sit within 3 feet of them, in the morning usuially works best. I have an alarm clock(timer which is set to the sunrise of the days before the blus hit. Within a week I feel better. Vitalite also makes a 400 watt incandescent flood, which can e used for 'sunning' you only need one bulb for this. I recieved this from a bates teacher. Also there is a specific machine that Jacob Leiberman has which projects specific colors for healing. BTW, I have been doing a strong course of kundalini yoga for about 2 and 1/2 years and no longer need the lights. HTH, slf ____________________________________________________________________________ Steven Finkelman | FoxPro developer and designer DATA/Massage | of strategic tools slfink@netcom.com | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for resources and info on the EO slate and anything relating to Functional Programming. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Glenn R. Turner wrote: > > I have read quite a bit of information on the benefits of using full > spectrum lighting. Where can you buy full spectrum lights? Do they come > in the form of light bulbs or tubes similar to fluorescents? What levels > of full spectrum lighting should be used (ie, wattage, lumens, etc.)? > > Any other information anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank You, > > Glenn > ========================================================================= From owner-i_see@indiana.edu Sat Oct 7 14:30:15 EST 1995 Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 13:07:39 GMT From: Sid Gudes Subject: Re: Full spectrum lighting Status: RO X-Status: At 10:15 AM 10/6/95 -0500, you wrote: > >I have read quite a bit of information on the benefits of using full >spectrum lighting. Where can you buy full spectrum lights? Do they come >in the form of light bulbs or tubes similar to fluorescents? What levels >of full spectrum lighting should be used (ie, wattage, lumens, etc.)? > >Any other information anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. Chromalux bulbs, which are screw-in replacements for regular incandescant bulbs, are available at many health food stores (at least in San Francisco and Santa Fe) and from several health-food mail order companies. These are incandescant bulbs that use a light-blue coating on the outer glass and a mix of rare metals in the filament to produce a full-spectrum output. The advantage they have over flourescents is that they work in any incandescant fixture; the disadvantage is that they can't generate UV (or so I've been told), so they're not as "full-spectrum" as the flourescents. They come in 60, 100, and 150 watts, but they don't produce as many lumens as regular bulbs, so you should go up one size to keep light output constant (eg. replace a 60-watt regular bulb with a 100-watt Chromalux). They cost about $7 each, but claim to last four times longer than ordinary bulbs, so the price isn't too out of line. I've been using them for over 2 years. I'm not sure about any theraputic benefit, but the light looks better (ordinary bulbs now look disgustingly yellow to me); my wife, who has a poetic bent, says the light from them is like moonlight. Sid Gudes Santa Fe & Vallecitos, New Mexico ========================================================================= From owner-i_see@indiana.edu Sat Oct 7 15:22:35 EST 1995 Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 14:59:14 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Eulenberg Subject: Re: Full spectrum lighting Status: RO X-Status: My favorite source of full (or at least full-er) spectrum lighting is halogen lamps. One of them can light up a whole room very well. You can dim them without causing annoying flicker. They cost about US$50 at discount department stores. The light is very "white" and uses less energy than incandescent. It gets my vote as the best artificial light source. --Alex ========================================================================= From owner-i_see@indiana.edu Fri Dec 1 12:36:03 EST 1995 From: "Sid Gudes" Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 09:54:42 +0000 Subject: Re: Full Spect. Lights. Status: RO X-Status: > Hi People. > Rumor has it that the company that I work for *might* purchase some > full spectrum lighting for us. Any ideas were we could find lamps/ > lightbulbs? Prices? Etc.? If you're in a large city, you should be able to find the Chromalux incandescents at health food stores, and the Ott (or similar) flourescents at health food stores or electric supply or lighting stores. Also Ott has an 800 number for orders, don't have it offhand but 800-555-1212 should be able to tell you (they're somewhere in Florida). Chromalux bulbs cost about $7.00 each, although you can probably get a deal if you buy a bunch. They do last about 4 times longer than regular incandescents, so the price isn't as bad as it first seems. They don't produce as much light as regular incandescents, so you need to get slightly higher wattage for equivalent lumen output. I don't know how much the Ott tubes cost, but the bulbs that screw in to an incandescent fixture cost about $33, vs. about $25 for the non-full spectrum. As I recall (I could be wrong, ask them) the smaller screw-ins don't provide the UV that the tubes do, so they're not entirely full-spectrum. BTW 1: The quality of the light produced by Chromalux vs. Ott vs. other full-spectrum flourescents is different. You might want to get some samples to try before you commit to a large order. BTW 2: GE claims to have a full-spectrum incandescent, but it looks like all they did was put a blue coating on a regular bulb to cut down the yellow. Chromalux does this too, but also adds neodymium (sp?) to the filament to change its light output spectrum. BTW 3: Something better than full-spectrum, if possible in your situation, is skylights. Not only are they better than full spectrum in matching natural sunlight :-), but they don't require electricity so there's a cost saving over time. There are skylights available now that use some sort of a lens system, so they can bring in a huge amount of light through a small hole in the roof. HTH, Sid Gudes Vallecitos & Santa Fe, New Mexico ========================================================================= From aeulenbe@indiana.edu Thu Dec 4 10:03:59 1995 From: ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu (Christopher G Caruso) Subject: Full Spect. Lights. Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:33:35 -0500 (EST) Status: RO X-Status: Marco A. Terry wrote: > > Hi People. > Rumor has it that the company that I work for *might* purchase some > full spectrum lighting for us. Any ideas were we could find lamps/ > lightbulbs? Prices? Etc.? > > Cheers! > > I've ordered my full spectrum bulbs from the following company: Simmons Company P.O. Box 3193 Chattanooga, TN 37404 800/533-6779 Chris Caruso ccaruso@sas.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA USA =========================================================================