dimmable clear 'golf ball' light bulbs?

zax47

Scrounger wrote: »

How about these:

Golf Bulb LED Ball Globe Light Dimmable Lamp E14 6W Clear WARM WHITE

Win a few auctions

Scrounger

Those were linked to in post #7. Chinese built tat of questionable origin......

Le_Kirk

I was going to suggest buying the bulbs from where you bought the light but then I saw it was B&Q. I ran into a similar problem last week when we saw a table lamp in B&Q to replace one in our kitchen then began the search for bulbs. I left the store after an hour ........ the OH is still there!

J_B

zax47 wrote: »

Those were linked to in post #7. Chinese built tat of questionable origin......

But ..... are they worth a punt?

zax47

J_B wrote: »

But ..... are they worth a punt?

Monetarily? Not much to lose.

Safety? I'd be happier putting fireworks in the fittings...:rotfl:Merry Xmas.

J_B

zax47 wrote: »

Monetarily? Not much to lose.

Safety? I'd be happier putting fireworks in the fittings...:rotfl:Merry Xmas.

:rotfl:

She says no!

J_B

So ...

We're gonna order these ...

http://www.lamps-on-line.com/low-energy-halogen-golf-ball-18w-e14-clear.html

Thanks all for advice.

freezspirit

Please put a photo up once installed.

Scrounger

J_B wrote: »

We're gonna order these ...

http://www.lamps-on-line.com/low-energy-halogen-golf-ball-18w-e14-clear.html

Thanks all for advice.

So that's 360 Watts + 360 Watts of (incandescent) lighting :eek::eek:

Should warm the place up a bit!


Scrounger

J_B

Scrounger wrote: »

So that's 360 Watts + 360 Watts of (incandescent) lighting :eek::eek:

Should warm the place up a bit!

We will be switching them independently, so my guess is that only the one will be used regularly.
We will also be using a dimmer switch as discussed, which leads me nicely to the next question ....
If we have them dimmed to half brightness, does that use half the units of electricity???

:undecided

zax47

Scrounger wrote: »

So that's 360 Watts + 360 Watts of (incandescent) lighting :eek::eek:

Should warm the place up a bit!


Scrounger

They like it bright - see post #3 :rotfl:

"Yes, but the kitchen has 12 downlighters as well as other lights elsewhere ...."

& I bet they aren't 20 Watt'ers..... :j