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Outdoor lights that turn on at dusk automatically?

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  • Kamran
    Kamran Posts: 477 Forumite
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    Biggles wrote: »
    The bulbs will certainly appear very bright if on all night. 5w or 6w should be the absolute max.

    And those light fittings are really just decorative lanterns; you need something need more like a floodlight, that will direct the light to where you need it to be.

    Thanks going to get less bright bulbs, my current ones are too bright! I was hoping for a decorative lantern and not a floodlight, wanted a gentle glow overnight.
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Kamran wrote: »
    Thanks going to get less bright bulbs, my current ones are too bright! I was hoping for a decorative lantern and not a floodlight, wanted a gentle glow overnight.
    For a gentle glow, I would go with chrisw and get 2w LEDs.
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