E27 led AC and DC

evilc66

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No. It's 12v AC or DC. You have 230v AC. It's intended for low voltage applications. Plug it into your house socket, and it's dead.
 

LEDninja

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That style bulb is also available in 115VAC or 230 VAC. You will have to look for one with the right voltage.

BUT

It is a spotlight type bulb. Tiny spot, no light to the sides.

It is very dim by today's standards. Somewhere between 120 to 200 lumens.
For comparison a 40 watt incandescent is ~470 lumens and a 60 watt incandescent is ~800 lumens.
 

kje

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That style bulb is also available in 115VAC or 230 VAC. You will have to look for one with the right voltage.

BUT

It is a spotlight type bulb. Tiny spot, no light to the sides.

It is very dim by today's standards. Somewhere between 120 to 200 lumens.
For comparison a 40 watt incandescent is ~470 lumens and a 60 watt incandescent is ~800 lumens.

It says 300 lumen on the ebay page...? Can you direct me to a stronger led?
 

LEDninja

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It says 300 lumen on the ebay page...? Can you direct me to a stronger led?
It is equivalent to a 300 lumen light bulb in the tiny spot. But a regular light bulb will light up the whole room, not just a tiny spot.

Forget eBay. The sellers are carrying LED bulbs that are 3 generations out of date. (read too dim to be useful, uses too much electricity for the light produced, and are often very blue***)
In North America the standard LED bulb at hardware stores was 450-470 lumens 2 years ago, 800 lumens last year and more this year.

Canada is a 115V country not 230V so I am not too familiar with what may be available where you live.
You will have to spend a bit more money than you are looking at if you want a decent amount of light.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005SP5I9K/
Please note these are 40W equivalents - the 60W equivalents do not seem to have made it across the pond yet.

This is what is available in Canada. Unfortunately they are all 115V, would not work in your country. But it gives you an idea what you should be looking for.
http://www.homedepot.ca/catalog/led-bulbs/172458
The lumen numbers are on the bottom left of the package on the Philips bulbs.

Here is a small selection of bulbs in North America that is available in 200-240V. They are also available in 115V so make sure you select the proper voltage. Also EarthLED charges $20 for shipping outside the US. Then you have to fight with customs.
http://store.earthled.com/products/earthled-zetalux-2-200-240v

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2700K warm white/soft white.
4000K neutral white.
5000K standard fluorescent tubes.
>500K or not stated - too blue
 
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