15W Faceted LED bulbs

T · 2017-02-14T03:39:52+00:00

Hi All, I am having no luck with this on Amazon or Google, so I thought I'd throw the problem at you guys. I have two bathrooms. Both have vanity light bulb outlets. The small bathroom has four outlets; the large bathroom has 10 outlets. I only fill one in the small bathroom with a 60w incandescent equivalent Led bulb. The large bathroom with two. Both bathrooms are bright as hell and your eyes hurt to look at the bulbs. If I were to fill all the outlets with 60W bulbs, I would go blind and get a severe sunburn. So, my bright idea was to fill each of the outlets with low power LED bulbs that had some kind of faceting or some such on them, so you are not looking at a point source so it don't hurt your eyes and the light is scattered. In the little toilet, I would need ~60W equivalent spread over 4 bulbs; in the big john, I would meed ~120W spread out over 10 bulbs. Now here is the problem, I can get 4W equivalent Christmas tree bulbs, which are half as powerful as I need or I can jump to 40W equivalent bulbs, which is way too bright. And I am after a color temperature of ~5000W. Any of you know where I can find LED bulbs with some kind of scattering surface in the 10 to 20W equivalent range? Many thanks, -T

Feb 14, 2017 24 Replies

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Mark Lloyd 9 years ago

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I suppose it was easier to measure current in than light out. That, an the inability to imagine any light source other than incandescent.

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Mark Lloyd 9 years ago

At one time it was obvious when outdoor lights were LED, since those were real white. Now, so many LED lights are yellow. I avoid those.

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T 9 years ago

Think I found one:

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vendor says it is equivalent to a 11W incandescent. I might not be bright enough, but ...

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Dean Hoffman 9 years ago

Think farmyard bug light.

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DerbyDad03 9 years ago

If they aren't bright enough, install an un-dimmer. ;-)

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