5000k

[donselectric]

anyone heard the term 5000k lamps for flour fixtures?

thanks

 

[480sparky]

Yes.

 

[iaov]

Whats a flour fixture? Maybe you meant flower fixture.

 

[bob]

anyone heard the term 5000k lamps for flour fixtures?

thanks

The 5000k is the color temperature.

 

[480sparky]

The 5000k is the color temperature.

The K stands for Kelvin.

 

[mdshunk]

The 5000 degree lamps are remarkably blue. I don't like them, myself. I stick with the 4100 degree lamps.

 

[bob]

The K stands for Kelvin.

Sparky
The 5000k does not mean that the light is at a temperature of 5000k.
Check here http://www.topbulb.com/find/colortemp.asp for further information.