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  • What LED bulb for reading lamp?
  • Jamie
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    Sorry for the stupid question, but what sort of LED bulb would one be looking for to fit to a floor standing reading lamp?

    Don’t mean fitting, more how much watt/lumen/colour etc. As don’t want to go too far either way.

    Assuming something like this, or would that lead to…

    gofasterstripes
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    Something with a high CRI and a 5700k(ish) temperature.

    nickjb
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    You’ll want warm white then just the lowest wattage you can find. Maybe 3-4 watt

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    gofasterstripes
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    I’d get a powerful one and dim it down when needed, more flexible.

    Jamie
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    But if lamp doesn’t have a dimmer?

    I am more confused than I was earlier.

    Henry Ford was on to something…

    gofasterstripes
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    Some led bulbs are available with a remote control dimmer. Failing that just buy one that says it’s equivalent to a bulb you have previously liked (eg by lumens or watts)

    Henry Ford was on to something

    I doubt you want a black one though 😉

    gofasterstripes
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    Maybe a Philips, in my experience cheap/no brand bulbs don’t last long.

    CountZero
    Full Member

    Just buy a warm white with the appropriate fitting from Wilco for £3-4.
    It’s what I did; works just fine.
    Dunno what the lamp is, it’s a little anglepoise analogue I ‘inherited’ from where I used to work, it had one of those horrid low energy things, the LED is a vast improvement.

    gofasterstripes
    Free Member

    I was assuming your books had pictures 🙂

    Jamie
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