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.
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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 amazonOriginally posted by BillHicksRIP View PostAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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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.Comment
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oh dear, wonder why its not suitable? all my halogen floods were converted this way. Is it dimmable?Originally posted by BillHicksRIP View PostAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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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.Originally posted by BillHicksRIP View Post
But how on earth is it 420W?!Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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That was my thought too - it is lighting the bat signal?Originally posted by d000hg View Post
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/131641285669Last edited by Paralytic; 11 June 2021, 15:07.Comment
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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.Comment
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LED = cold and clinical.
Nothing beats the incandescent bulb.Comment
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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.
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