Ligh shades for 100w bulbs

elstimpo

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

LEDs are great and my house has them in every room, however the larger rooms have three way light fittings so are lit by 3 40w equivalent bulbs. I would not use the current batch of 100w equivalents as they are either prone to failure one are ugly great expensive things like this Phillips model.

Don't think I've seen any light shades recently rated higher than 60W.

The product you linked to had the below in the product description


. The quality of the light is extremely high due to a colour rendering index CRI of 80.

80 CRI is average and about a 20% reduction from incandescents.

You can get a dimmable 11w LED bulb with 99 CRI for about £13 and a 7w version for £11

Confused how anyone thinks 80 CRI is 'extremely high' - utter nonsense.

Phillips products usually have good build quality though.

elstimpo

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Twenty quid for a light bulb!!!

It will be better value for money than a £5 lamp !

Zandoni

bsod wrote: »

I haven't had any led failures, they have paid for themselves many times over, so all this guff about heat and theoretical lifespan is irrelevant.

I've had lots, I'm very disappointed with the big supplier I bought from.

lstar337

You can get a 60W halogen that will do the job. You can put virtually any shade you like on it as most of them a rated for 60W.

almillar

someone posts for help finding a lightshade, some people (quite sensibly) suggest led's as an alternative, and out of the woodwork appears people pushing their own site selling bulbs along with a book load of useless information, and another comes along going on about lumens trying to be smart, none of which are likely to aid the op

elstimpo (yes, he runs an LED store, he's biased etc but he IS knowledgable) and I have both shared our opinions, knowledge and experience of LEDs.
You've said 'buy cheap ones'. I don't think that's helpful.

Have you ever taken apart these cheap LEDs?

I look forward to reading your helpful posts, when you get around to it that is.

Post numbers 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 are all what I would consider useful posts. Do you think yours are more useful?!

I haven't had any led failures, they have paid for themselves many times over, so all this guff about heat and theoretical lifespan is irrelevant.

1. You haven't said what yours are.
2. Have you run them for the (made up) guaranteed lifespan? Can YOU state they last that long?!
3. Do they provide the same quality light as what they replaced?

pop down to your local asda when they are on offer

Aye right. I've never seen any LED in any supermarket that would get close to a 100w bulb's light output. Find out what a Lumen is before you give out advice.

going on about lumens trying to be smart, none of which are likely to aid the op

Lumens is a measurement of light output. OP is asking about (bright) lights. You've recommended cheap muck that will be nowhere near as bright. I think I'm helping OP more than you!

There are plenty of LED lamps which are just as bright as those horrid incandescent things

This thread is about replacing a 100w bulb. Share these products...

bsod

nowhere has the op mentioned their lumen requirement, cri's, quoted lifetime, their personal colour perception or anything else, because the thread is about lightshades.

A simple suggestion to try led's to save some money and workaround the problem has brought out the smart alec's, which is highly likely to make the op stick with their collection of 100w bulbs rather than try led.

I don't take instruction from you, ("lumens is measure of light output", oh really), so I'll give out any advice and share what I like.

There isn't a recommendation of 'cheap muck' anywhere

elstimpo

bsod wrote: »

nowhere has the op mentioned their lumen requirement, cri's, quoted lifetime, their personal colour perception or anything else, because the thread is about lightshades.

A simple suggestion to try led's to save some money and workaround the problem has brought out the smart alec's, which is highly likely to make the op stick with their collection of 100w bulbs rather than try led.

I don't take instruction from you, ("lumens is measure of light output", oh really), so I'll give out any advice and share what I like.

There isn't a recommendation of 'cheap muck' anywhere

Your contributions on this thread have been pointless, irelevant and lacking in any sense or expertise. You have in short posted utter drivel on a subject (LED lighting) that you claim has ruined the thread? Rather hypercritical and stupid really.

Next time you want to start trouble perhaps it would be wiser to pick a subject that you can at least demonstrate some comprehension of.

Southend1

Poor OP was only looking for a lamp shade!

Davesnave

Like CFLs, it's old, but not quite ready to scrap yet.....

almillar

nowhere has the op mentioned their lumen requirement

Yes they have, but indirectly. OP asked for a lightshade that was suitable specifically for a 100w bulb, which they want the LIGHT OUTPUT (you measure this in Lumens, don't you know?!) of, but also has a higher HEAT output. Many lightshades they found only allow up to 60W.

Davesnave, post #3, suggested an LED - WITH A LINK TO A PRODUCT. He even acknowledged that it wouldn't be bright enough to replace a 100W bulb.

You barged in at post #6 and said '£5 for an led bulb' and compared it to running a 100w bulb. NO ACTUAL PRODUCT SPECIFIED. I thought the thread was about lightshades? I believe there is such a thing as a decent £5 LED. I DON'T believe that there's a £5 LED that'll give the same light as a 100W bulb. This is where you are failing.

You have spent the rest of the thread arguing with elstimpo and me and whilst we have provided stats and figures (those dreaded lumens, Colour Rendering Index etc) you've accused US of barging in with irrelevant info.
This:

pop down to your local asda when they are on offer

Is irrelevant info! NO PRODUCT SPECIFIED. This is cheap muck unless you can prove otherwise.

Just to prove I'm not picking on bsod I'll repeat this:
Smiley Dan:

There are plenty of LED lamps which are just as bright as those horrid incandescent things.

Show me one. OP specifies a 100w incandescent.