Light bulbs

I know little about these LED things and lumens or whatever they are called. We went out today looking for some 60Watt bayonet cap fitting light bulbs and could not find any. The stuff on the shelves confused the hell out of me. Yeah, I knew that the good bulbs are being discontinued. Can anybody tell me what wattage on the new stuff is equal to 60 Watts on the old stuff? All I'm looking for is just a light bulb that chucks out as much light as 60 Watt.

Thanks

Reply to
Mr Pounder Esquire
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You want "warm white" and 10 or 12W to match a 60W filament bulb. Philips or Samsung are robust choice is then dimable or not. (not dimable are cheaper)

Beware of being caught out by CFL "60W" being dim as hell whereas LED bulbs pretty much do match their claimed incandescent equivalent.

They are cheaper on Amazon or specialist online retailer for the same branded kit than in most highstreet shops.

Reply to
Martin Brown

Top notch and thanks for that. Pardon my stupidity in asking, would "warm white" 10 or 12W be LED or something else?

Reply to
Mr Pounder Esquire

LED

LED also come in cool white or daylight and depending on your age and eyesight they be better as they give a better perceived contrast for reading.

It's all down to personal preference, I prefer the cooler (towards the blue spectrum) white bulbs.

Reply to
alan_m

I live just South of Stoke on Trent there is an ETS near us, if they are all as good I suggest you pay them a visit, if there is one near you. I had much the same problem and they fixed me up fine.

Reply to
Broadback

I've changed all of ours to daylight bulbs. An amazing difference in the light quality. I compared our old existing incandescent bulb in the bathroom with the new daylight bulb and the old bulb gave out a really yellowy light against the daylight type. The new ones really cheer the place up.

Reply to
Bod

Think in terms of lumen and not "wattage equivalent". The best LEDs are around 100 lumens/watt now, and seem to be getting better.

240v 60w incandescent is about 710 lumens (watch out for online references that quote lumen ratings for US 110v incancescent as they are generally higher).

You can get 5 x bayonet cap LAP GLS LED Warm White for a tenner at screwfix:

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At 810 lumen, they're actually a bit brighter than a 60w incandescent.

Reply to
Caecilius

Thanks.

Well, the walls are white and I'm sort of colour blind as in red is orange.

Reply to
Mr Pounder Esquire

Brilliant and thanks. I looked at Screwfix but did not understand what I was seeing. All of this for a few light bulbs!

Reply to
Mr Pounder Esquire

And thanks to all of you courageous men that took the time to reply to me.

Reply to
Mr Pounder Esquire

Then you may be looking for the wrong thing!

Beam angle is important when buying LEDs.

Your lamp shades and light fittings make a difference when buying LED replacements if you do care about your lighting.

Reply to
ARW

99p shop innit.
Reply to
The Todal

I've been sorted out by the hallowed members of this group. But thank you for your input.

Reply to
Mr Pounder Esquire

You bought something for a quid then?

Reply to
ARW

I would imagine to illuminate those pikey ornamental butterflies in his garden.

Reply to
Fredxxx

I have bought LED replacements for a strip of spotlights in the kitchen, reducing the power from 50watts each to 5 watts each. They are also much brighter having chosen 'daylight'

The six bayonet 75watt equivalent LED bulbs I bought for room lights were slightly disappointing, although only consuming 12 watts each, they have a perceptible flicker. Probably designed for 60hz system, but had adapted the base to bayonet.

Reply to
Phi

If you need something that throws light in the all the directions that a normal bulb does, then have a look at the filament LEDs:

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Reply to
John Rumm

Yo knobstick, why do you keep cross posting to uk.legal?

Reply to
John Rumm

Daylight lamps are not brighter. They have a differenct CRI to warm white and make certain things look brighter.

Reply to
ARW

He is a spark living on a council estate.

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Mr Pounder Esquire

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