G9 bulbs questions

hannahkaty

I recently purchased a couple of bedside lamps which required G9 bulbs. I got some G9 LED bulbs which were advertised as 3W, 3000k warm white, 270 lumens, 40w halogen bulb equivalent.
Having received the bulbs and turned the light on they're way too bright for bedroom use, they feel more appropriate for desk lamps. I'm struggling to figure out/understand what lumens, wattage etc I should get so i can have a nice warm, soft light rather than what i'm getting now which is pretty aggressively bright. Every bulb i look at seems to sell itself as 'warm white' 
If anyone is a bulb expert i'd really appreciate your advice/tips please. 
(Lamp has a max LED wattage of 4 and Halogen wattage of 18w).

Jeepers_Creepers

I take it, then, that the original halogens were 18 watt? In which case that is certainly pretty low, but probably ideal for what you wanted.

The new LEDs are 40 watt 'halogen equivalent', so we are talking more than twice the output. 

'Warm white' doesn't mean it's orangey-warm, but just that it isn't a stark daylight white. A bright halogen light is considered 'warm'. If you don't belive me, try a 'cold white' LED lamp - shivvvvver. 

I think the ultimate solution would be dimmable LEDS such as these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-g9-capsule-led-light-bulb-300lm-3w-220-240v-5-pack/7688v but of course you'd need to add a dimmer control in the supply. Or, a lower-output version of what you already have is https://www.screwfix.com/p/philips-g9-capsule-led-light-bulb-204lm-1-9w-220-240v-2-pack/3319v - these are 25 watt halogen equiv, so not far from what you originally had. 

neilmcl

Just look for a bulb that has a lower equivalent halogen wattage if you think 40w is too much, maybe look for something around the 20w equivalent (around the 2W mark or lower). The colour temperature is the figure expressed in Kelvins, the higher the number the "cooler" the colour will be so a 3000k bulb or lower are warm white colours. Lumens are the measurement of light output, so the higher the number the brighter the bulb will be, again look for something with a lower number, for example 200, if 270 is too high.

Do your lamps have a dimming function?

hannahkaty

Hi! 

Thanks both for your replies! No they don’t have a dimmer sadly, though I’d be interested in having one fitted as sometimes it might be nice to have a brighter light (reading etc).

@jeepers_creepers, they’re brand new lights so the bulbs I’m talking about here are the first I’ve used, never had a halogen in these lights before. Rather the instructions that came with the lamps suggested a max wattage of 18w for a halogen g9. 

Thanks for your suggestions will check out the linked bulbs and also see if there are any others I can find with lower lumens and kelvins!