Hello,
I bought a pendant lamp for the dining table with 5 sockets (the 5 cords are wrapped around a branch).
The technical specifications are attached.
Now I want to buy light bulbs for it.
We had a problem with LED bulbs and our dimmer in the past. That means LED bulbs don’t work.
Did I buy the wrong lamp? Does it only work with LED bulbs?
Or can I also use other bulbs (if I can find some)?
If we can use regular bulbs: what wattage per bulb would you recommend for the dining table?
Currently, an old lamp with 48W halogen bulbs is installed. It could be a bit brighter, as it is dimmable after all.
I bought a pendant lamp for the dining table with 5 sockets (the 5 cords are wrapped around a branch).
The technical specifications are attached.
Now I want to buy light bulbs for it.
We had a problem with LED bulbs and our dimmer in the past. That means LED bulbs don’t work.
Did I buy the wrong lamp? Does it only work with LED bulbs?
Or can I also use other bulbs (if I can find some)?
If we can use regular bulbs: what wattage per bulb would you recommend for the dining table?
Currently, an old lamp with 48W halogen bulbs is installed. It could be a bit brighter, as it is dimmable after all.
Jo,
I just bought the last 5 dimmable ones, each 2.5W. All under 5€ (about $5.50), a real bargain for this rarity. From Osram..
But not the vintage style, since that would have cost me four times as much. I chose warm white in matte white glass.
I almost messed up my PayPal account because they needed a confirmation and apparently still had an old phone number saved.
I’m curious and will report back later.
My husband is already looking forward to installing them 😉
I just bought the last 5 dimmable ones, each 2.5W. All under 5€ (about $5.50), a real bargain for this rarity. From Osram..
But not the vintage style, since that would have cost me four times as much. I chose warm white in matte white glass.
I almost messed up my PayPal account because they needed a confirmation and apparently still had an old phone number saved.
I’m curious and will report back later.
My husband is already looking forward to installing them 😉
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Mottenhausen18 Jan 2019 13:36Good luck!
ypg schrieb:
My husband is already looking forward to installing it 😉 And we’re looking forward to the photos. 😀
This is the back of our dimmer 😀 There is nothing on the front.
We have a dimmer switch, not a rotary one. You’re right, photos of dimmers usually look different, but this is the dimmer switch we have, which we use to lower or raise the wattage. So what else could it be???
My husband also has an electrician contact, whom he asked after I found out that the LED bulbs I ordered are not dimmable.
“Dimmers must generally be compatible with LED.”
We were about to go out last night to buy a new dimmer, when Plan B occurred to me:
Keep the old dimmer and return the LED bulbs. They are very small anyway.
We will buy halogen bulbs instead: although they consume more power, they are dimmable, and the higher consumption will be balanced out by the savings from the new dimmer.
We have a dimmer switch, not a rotary one. You’re right, photos of dimmers usually look different, but this is the dimmer switch we have, which we use to lower or raise the wattage. So what else could it be???
My husband also has an electrician contact, whom he asked after I found out that the LED bulbs I ordered are not dimmable.
“Dimmers must generally be compatible with LED.”
We were about to go out last night to buy a new dimmer, when Plan B occurred to me:
Keep the old dimmer and return the LED bulbs. They are very small anyway.
We will buy halogen bulbs instead: although they consume more power, they are dimmable, and the higher consumption will be balanced out by the savings from the new dimmer.
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