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We recently completed our new house (converted a pole barn building). The wife and I love ceiling fans so there are a total of FIVE of them through out the place. Unfortunately all they seem to make now are "candelabra" base sockets for the lights in current ceiling fans. So that's what we went with. Sucks as I would have much preferred the flexibility of standard base bulbs.
Anyway I am happily replacing all of our CFLs with low-cost LED bulbs. This is getting easier and easier as prices drop. Lowes for instance has now lowered their "warm-white" Ultilitech branded 40 and 60watt replacement LED (450 lumen and 800 lumen) bulbs to $2.48 each! This is great for our lamps and what-not but doesn't help our main source of lighting -the ceiling fans!
Candelabra based LED bulbs are out there - Menards, Lowes, HomeDepot, etc...but all they seem to stock are really pricey ($9.98-19.99+) dimmable LED bulbs. Nothing in the magic $4.99 or less category. I have NO USE FOR DIMMABLE BULBs!
So what is the deal? Why can't we get cheap candelabra based LED bulbs?
I wish I could find screw-in socket adapters to turn our candelabra bases into standard bases! Does this exist? I have found the opposite but not what I need!
Anyway I am happily replacing all of our CFLs with low-cost LED bulbs. This is getting easier and easier as prices drop. Lowes for instance has now lowered their "warm-white" Ultilitech branded 40 and 60watt replacement LED (450 lumen and 800 lumen) bulbs to $2.48 each! This is great for our lamps and what-not but doesn't help our main source of lighting -the ceiling fans!
Candelabra based LED bulbs are out there - Menards, Lowes, HomeDepot, etc...but all they seem to stock are really pricey ($9.98-19.99+) dimmable LED bulbs. Nothing in the magic $4.99 or less category. I have NO USE FOR DIMMABLE BULBs!
So what is the deal? Why can't we get cheap candelabra based LED bulbs?
I wish I could find screw-in socket adapters to turn our candelabra bases into standard bases! Does this exist? I have found the opposite but not what I need!