Can Someone Help Please, Light Bulbs.

[Thisoldbird]

Hello, my bedside light is a small screw in type but not bright enough for me to read by. 

I'd like the equivalent of the old 100 watt bulb.  

Can anyone advise the nearest LED screw in bulb I need. Thank you. 

[ToraToraTora]

you want a 12-14 watt LED, usually they put the old money wattage equivalent on the box.

[Canary42]

Google tells me :-

A 60-watt LED equivalent is 7-9 watts. A 100-watt incandescent bulb produces 1600 lumens of light, while a 12-14 watt LED gives off the same. A 150-watt incandescent bulb produces 2600 lumens of light, while an 18-23 watt LED gives off the equivalent.

Hope this helps😊

[Thisoldbird]

Thank you both  

One more question is is safe, as in fire safety to do this please.  

 Many thanks from an 'old lady' x 

 

[ToraToraTora]

yes, a lot safer than a real 100 watt bulb!

[Canary42]

I'm not sure, but I believe incandescent burn hotter than LED, so I can't see any adverse safety factors.

[Thisoldbird]

Thanks again... I can't find 12-14W in small screw bulbs. 

I may have to get a spot light to direct it onto my page.

 

 

[Old_Geezer]

IMO always get one brighter than you think you need (if it fits) because these new bulbs never seem as bright as claimed.

[pastafreak]

Your bedside lamp should have the recommended bulb indicated near the fitment.

I just looked at one on my lamps and on the inside of the shade is a label...max 40W e14. It's quite bright. I think the actual wattage of the bulb I have is 5.5 = 40w

I think the e14 refers to the screw type. They come in different sizes.

[barry1010]

Is it a round bulb, candle, something else?

 

[netherfield]

Try an 8w Led, it's like 60w.

[Thisoldbird]

Thanks everyone, 

 

Barry1010 it's a candle bulb. 

It has a 7W in it now.  That doesn't make for comfortable reading. 

My eyes aren't what they used to be..I'll get them retested...I've a Diabetic Eye Screening test in a couple of weeks. I've not officially been diagnosed, yet..then due regular test. 

Maybe I'll wait to sort the lighting out til they are done. 

 

Thanks for your input everyone. Much obliged .

 

 

[barry1010]

It will be perfectly safe to use a 14W (100W equivalent)

 

[bhg481]

Rule of thumb - take the old wattage, divide by ten and buy the LED bulb just above that figure. eg, 100 watt tungsten buy the nearest LED above 10 watt, 60watt tungsten buy the nearest LED above 6 watt.

Incidentally, the wattage recommendation on lamp shades is for the heat from a tungsten bulb, not the brightness.

[Atheist]

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[rowanwitch]

Also consider full spectrum bulbs, you can get good ones from hobbycraft,  because they are more like daylight they are less likely to cause eyestrain.