Hey all...
I usually end up sewing late at night, or at least puttering around in my sew room. Lately, I've discovered that my eyes hurt after a while. This doesn't happen to me elsewhere in the house, it's not because I'm watching my sewing machine for HOURS on end.... it happens all the time in that room, even when I'm moving from side to side, up from my chairs or down, reading, then sewing, then getting things out of the cabinets. Just happens...
My main overhead light is glass enclosed ceiling fan fixture, to which I've put the natural daylight, CFL bulbs...60watt x 3. Then I have area specific task lights (Otts) that I turn on when I'm using that area/machine in my room. My room is not 'dark', in fact it's quite bright with all that.
So two nights ago, I dragged a halogen torchere light into the room and turned it on (along with my others lights). Bingo... my eyes registered a marked 'color' difference in the roomlight... and I haven't found myself with aching eyes since i did that.
Do any of you use JUST natural daylight bulbs (OTT Lites and their similar counterparts, Natural CFLs) only? How do they work for you? Or do you find that you can 'tell' the color difference and need to 'mix' your lights to relieve eye strain?
It's really curious...