Good morning. I want to change an old light bulb in my kitchen, as it is too dim, with a LED cool light light bulb. The lamp holder says “ max 60w”. Now, when I buy a LED light bulb it says 10w=100w. Can I replace my old light bulb with that? Basically, should my reference be 10w or what 10w is equivalent to, which is 100w in this case, so that the light bulb doesn’t melt /damage the light holder. Hope my explanation makes sense. Many thanks for your time.
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10w=100w
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10w LED is roughly 80w filament.
You can buy led light bulbs with higher output than 10w which would be fine in the light fitting
What is the wattage of existing bulb?
You can buy led light bulbs with higher output than 10w which would be fine in the light fitting
What is the wattage of existing bulb?
The old one is 7w=60w but it’s not very bright and since the lamp holder states “60w max”, I was not sure if I could replace it with 11-12w light bulb.
Thank you. I was not sure which figure I had to take into consideration.
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My wife wanted more light, and got this
the arms fold so can direct the light where needed, seen here used as an up-light, the problem is the old tungsten bulb directed light in nearly every direction, but the new LED directs most of the light away from the base, so a chandelier like this 
shines up onto a white ceiling, giving a good spread of light, but with the bulbs other way up, most the light is absorbed by the dark carpet.
Talking about lumen is great, but only if the light goes out in the same direction, inside one of those chandelier bulbs we have
so even if the cover is shaped as a candle, the light is defused a little by the cover, but most of the light goes away from the bulb base.
In real terms the 60 watt was because the shade would get too hot, with over half the output of the bulb being in heat, since the heat output of LED is much less, you could use a 120 watt bulb without damaging the shade, however it would be that bright you would need to wear shades.
the arms fold so can direct the light where needed, seen here used as an up-light, the problem is the old tungsten bulb directed light in nearly every direction, but the new LED directs most of the light away from the base, so a chandelier like this shines up onto a white ceiling, giving a good spread of light, but with the bulbs other way up, most the light is absorbed by the dark carpet.Talking about lumen is great, but only if the light goes out in the same direction, inside one of those chandelier bulbs we have
so even if the cover is shaped as a candle, the light is defused a little by the cover, but most of the light goes away from the bulb base.In real terms the 60 watt was because the shade would get too hot, with over half the output of the bulb being in heat, since the heat output of LED is much less, you could use a 120 watt bulb without damaging the shade, however it would be that bright you would need to wear shades.
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