Lighting in the screen room

[XG Print]

Just built a screen room in the new shop we are moving too and I went to get a bulb thinking I would be able to find a solid yellow bulb but do the bug bulbs work as well....Seems I read where someone was using these in the screen room with success.

Thanks

[mimosatexas]

I use the CFL bug bulbs in my room and have had no issues. I frequently leave them on multiple days in a row with no effect on the screens.

[jvanick]

I have the yellow sleeves that go on the FL bulbs... they work great.

[aauusa]

i am a red light district kind of guy so mine are red bulbs.  nothing special.   

[3Deep]

The only thing wrong with using bug lights they don't last long if you use them all the time, so you better buy a few.  I use them in my dark room.....

[Sbrem]

I have the yellow sleeves that go on the FL bulbs... they work great.

Same here, sleeves. Or, you can spray paint regular bulbs yellow, I used to do that until I realized how much time I had wasted. Get some sleeves, problem solved, works great. We actually even have one large window letting in southern light, bur our coated screens aren't out in the environment long enough to be affected.

Steve

[jsheridan]

It's 2015... not the 'dark' ages anymore.

Light that room bright as day with LED lighting

[sportsshoppe]

I use the CFL bug bulbs in my room and have had no issues. I frequently leave them on multiple days in a row with no effect on the screens.

diddo this

[mimosatexas]

It's 2015... not the 'dark' ages anymore.

Light that room bright as day with LED lighting

Completely anecDota of course, but I tried an led bulb in mine and it had an effect on the sp1400. If I have a 280 mesh in there for a week with the big bulb it holds the standard range of 55lpi halftone I always get, but it was hardening a bit with the led and I lost range. I switched back and forth a few times.

[Maxie]

Where can we get sleeves?

[jvieira]

It's 2015... not the 'dark' ages anymore.

Light that room bright as day with LED lighting

what? really? WHITE LED lighting?

[Sbrem]

Where can we get sleeves?

any electric supply house should be able to get them for you, in fact, maybe in the Grainger catalog. Hard to say, we bought them about 20 years ago...

Steve

[dirkdiggler]

sleeves at Nazdar, like 10 bucks

[jsheridan]

It's 2015... not the 'dark' ages anymore.

Light that room bright as day with LED lighting

what? really? WHITE LED lighting?

yes.

your average store bought LED replacement bulb for a screw in bulb or fluorescent bulb fixture is not in the spectrum range for screen development

[jvieira]

It's 2015... not the 'dark' ages anymore.

Light that room bright as day with LED lighting

what? really? WHITE LED lighting?

yes.

your average store bought LED replacement bulb for a screw in bulb or fluorescent bulb fixture is not in the spectrum range for screen development

This is very interesting. We have two yellow bug lights but would love to trade one of those for a screw in LED bulb. Will definitely give it a try next week