Can i use florescent bulbs in my tungsten "hot light" set?

This may be a stupid question...but can i use the 5000K flourescent bulbs in my "hot light" set? I have a Smith Victor set of continuous lights.

I would like to know also

Anyone knows if this could be done i.e using fluorescent bulbs in a tungsten lamp, I would like to know also I have two Smith-victor A50 tungsten lamps and I can't locate the tungsten bulbs for them here in Trinidad so since I have to order them from the States I would like to know if I can use Fluorescent bulbs so I can also order a couple of those as well.
Sharon

I don't know if you can use the fluorescent bulbs. I checked the Smith Victor web site (or tried to) and got a Google warning that the site was not safe to visit. Never seen that before. You might want to check their web site for that info. I don't.

If the lights are hot lights I can't imagine why you can't switch to the fluorescent units. Despite the Congressional review they do NOT put out equal light so you will in all probability need to adjust your shooting a bit.

Sharon S - that sounds funny. You're in Trinidad and want to order lights from the US that are made in China......global economy? Go figure.

No reason why you wouldn't be able to screw in a CFL bulb in place of a tungsten lamp...the issue might be lack of intensity...you can get photofloods of 250W to 650W, and the highest CFL I have seen is equivalent to 100W. Color balance may be an issue. I have shot things for POTN illustration which were done with CFL and the setting of 2900k for the Lightroom balance gave very neutral results (validated against a Macbeth Color Checker).

I use 55 watt fluorescents (250 watt equal) that I got on ebay in my continuous set that is almost the same as the smith-vector ones and have used them for over 2 years.The ones I use are 5000K daylight balanced. So I would say yes you should be able to use them.

Thank you all for your input,I will go ahead and get the fluorescent bulbs as recommended.