[Greenbuilding] chandelier bulb recommendation?

[Paul Eldridge]

Hi Lynelle,

I have roughly forty of these 3-watt BA11 lamps in our home (clear, not 
frosted), many of which are fitted with E26 adaptors that allow them to 
be used in a standard Edison-screw socket.  Light quality is very good 
(a CRI of 90) and unquestionably incandescent-like, albeit a little too 
"pinkish" for my tastes.  I should note that Philips LED lamps are 
compatible with most reverse-phase or trailing-edge dimmers, but not 
forward-phase/leading-edge; thus, you may need to swap-out your dimmer 
if it happens to be one of the latter.

I have twelve of these lamps in our dinning room chandelier and two more 
in the side board fixtures.

See: 
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo69/HereinHalifax/PhilipsBA11LEDLamps.jpg

Including the four Philips 7-watt PAR20 LEDs in the recessed fixtures, 
the combined load in this room is just 70-watts.

I even use this BA11 lamp inside our refrigerator.

See: http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo69/HereinHalifax/PeakBeer.jpg

Cheers,
Paul


 > Message: 13
 > Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:57:14 -0500
 > From: Lynelle Hamilton <lynelle at kos.net>
 > To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
 > Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] chandelier bulb recommendation?
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 >There is a "soft white" chandelier style bulb now marketed in
 >Ontario...saw it a Home Depot last week.
 >
 >http://www.homedepot.ca/product/3w-chandelier-dimmable-soft-white-25w-led-bulb/952873
 >
 >Lynelle Hamilton