In Poland during the reign of T12s 765 was the most popular color (though other colors were produced in much smaller quantities) in case of 20W and 40W tubes but 25W were always an odd case as practically only 3500K and 4300K tubes were made. I've never seen a daylight 25W made in Poland. Old double deck trains from GDR originally had 25W tubes but later a great portion of them was converted to 20W, it was possible to differenciate them at night even from far away solely on the base of color, daylight interior lighting meant 20W, warmwhite meant 25W.
To comment on color preferences in Poland in a more general way, when T8s were introduced they were for a long time most popular in daylight version, probably due to a long tradition of daylight tubes and people being accustomed to such color. However at some point daylight popularity started to fade and now 840 took over, with 830 in some places. Similar tendencies happen not only in case of typical 18W and 1.2m 36W tubes but also in case of specialised 1m T8 tubes. Both 23W and 1m 36W are available in 830, 840 and 865 variants but train operators typically order only 840 tubes. Though daylight color was for a long time popular in case of linear tubes, the paradox is that compact fluorescents in Poland were only available in warmwhite colors. SL magnetic compacts were made in Poland both in 827 and 865 variants but the latter one was made almost exclusively for export, in a typical shop in Poland you would find only 827. The same was for electronic compacts, 840 and 865 ones only started appearing in shops ±5 years before the LED revolution. Fortunately LEDs are available in every color straight from their massive introduction to popular shops, including ones that are single color and the ones that offer many colors in one bulb. |
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