C7 candelabra bulbs, LED vs incan.

[bizzybody]

I have two chandeliers with 10 C7 incan bulbs each.

I'm wondering how the light level will compare if I replaced them all with LED versions, like the ones BestHongKong sells, claim of 20,000 mcd for the white ones.

With 20 watt bulbs that's 200 watts per chandelier. With .26 watt (rated power consumption) LEDs that'd only be 26 watts. Sounds great, but only if I can see to eat at the dining room table with the LEDs.

 

[blasterman]

Sounds great, but only if I can see to eat at the dining room table with the LEDs.

...If you have night-vision goggles

Take a typical, 18,000mcd LED, and then try to distribute the light 180 degrees with a plastic diffuser. You'd probably need to use decimals to count the lumens.

I'd certainly try a single bulb first before buying a dozen of them. BestHongKong is a decent company to buy from though. Be more fun to re-wire your chandy with their 3watt pro lights.

 

[Yoda4561]

According to the specs it's 5 LED's per bulb assembly. And I'm guessing roughly 10-15mA per LED to arrive at .26 watts. That's potentially around 30ish lumens? A quick google search shows that the 20 watt incan bulbs are around 200 lumens. While it would be more efficient to use LED's, you'd need to use 6x as many of them to arrive at the same amount of light. If anyone starts to make these using cree or seoul power LED's at 1-5 watt(depending on led efficiency) you'd be all set though