Halogen Candle Bulbs

Froggitt

The Philips Halogen Classic range offers familiar light bulb shapes with a sparkling, natural, dimmable light. With a lifetime that is twice that of incandescent bulbs, Halogen Classic halogen bulbs have all your home lighting needs covered.

The last of my pack of 4 bayonets has just gone. Meanwhile my "old" bulbs are still going strong.

This lamp lasts twice as long as a standard bulb. So it replaces two lamps, for lower cost and less hassle. The lifetime is based on the average usage of 2.7 hrs per day or 1000 hrs a year.

IMHO even though they use 28W as opposed to 40W, they are a very expensive replacement.

Any suggestions for dimmable LED standard bayonets? Does the dimmer switch need replacing?

Dave_Fowler

Froggitt wrote: »

The last of my pack of 4 bayonets has just gone. Meanwhile my "old" bulbs are still going strong.



IMHO even though they use 28W as opposed to 40W, they are a very expensive replacement.

Any suggestions for dimmable LED standard bayonets? Does the dimmer switch need replacing?

Several manufacturers produce standard BC dimmable LED candle bulbs - Philips and LG to name two.

You will probably need to change the dimmer control because many dimmers expect a minimum wattage of around 40W to operate correctly. I had 5 x 40W standard bulbs in my living-room on a dimmer and when they were replaced by 6W LED bulbs the dimmer did not function.

Dave F

Ben84

My old dimmers are coping well with various philips dimmable LED bulbs despite not meeting the minimum load - and I've been using some of them for years. I think you'd have to try it and see. Actual LED dimmers I've found so far are expensive and I can't seem to find any inline one for table lamps at all. So, my old ones will have to do. Seem to work fine though.

ChopperST

I use lightwave RF to control my lighting and the Kosnic LEDs work well with the dimmers.