Dark winter

[BillHicksRIP]

I need to find a replacement uplighter to sit behind my monitors in my office. Horrified to find the Argos one I've been using for years and have on constantly drains 420w. If anyone has any recommendations, please shout.

 

[vetran]

I need to find a replacement uplighter to sit behind my monitors in my office. Horrified to find the Argos one I've been using for years and have on constantly drains 420w. If anyone has any recommendations, please shout.

does it have a standard bulb 78 or 118mm in which case drop in led replacements are available about £6 in wilko or £3 on amazon

 

[BillHicksRIP]

It's 118mm for the main and according to multiple answers in the Argos Q&A, it isn't suitable for LED bulbs. After a new model once this halogen bulb goes.

 

[vetran]

It's 118mm for the main and according to multiple answers in the Argos Q&A, it isn't suitable for LED bulbs. After a new model once this halogen bulb goes.

oh dear, wonder why its not suitable? all my halogen floods were converted this way. Is it dimmable?

 

[d000hg]

It's 118mm for the main and according to multiple answers in the Argos Q&A, it isn't suitable for LED bulbs. After a new model once this halogen bulb goes.

240V or low voltage? Hard to see how it can't be compatible unless there's a dimmer as vetran says, if it's 240V.
But how on earth is it 420W?!

 

[Paralytic]

But how on earth is it 420W?!

That was my thought too - it is lighting the bat signal?

I wonder if someone is getting Watts and Lumens mixed up. 420 lumens is about equivalent to a 40W incandescent bulb.

EDIT: Ignore that, looks like they do exist: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131641285669

 

[BillHicksRIP]

It's a 240V dimmer uplighter, yeah. I was testing how much power my homelab servers were using with a plug-in power meter and checked the lamp out as my missus said the bulb I was using "used a lot". Not half.

 

[OwlHoot]

240V or low voltage? Hard to see how it can't be compatible unless there's a dimmer as vetran says, if it's 240V.
But how on earth is it 420W?!

Neghbours drilled a hole in the wall and are pinching eleccy for bitcoin mining or heating their cannabis farm?

 

[Great Britten]

LED = cold and clinical.

Nothing beats the incandescent bulb.

 

[ladymuck]

Tried LEDs in one of the lights at my gaff. Awful, awful. The landlady is going to have to splash some cash to get it work.

I bought dimmable LEDs but all they did was flicker.