The Pinnacle@Duxton, Singapore

[2100]

Philips came out with a E14 base 3W LED bulb, 2700K/"827". White base. Compared to incandescent it would be 15W. Saw it at BEST Denki.
White exposed base, hence for classic chandeliers it would be suitable for crystal type or white type. Black would look weird. Or those hambuger contemporary type with acrylic coverings. You need these point source to bring out the sparkle with any type of crystals in any type of chandeliers. (candle tip CFL won't do that)

You may have seen similar 1-2W ones from OEM china ones at Comex/Sitex. S$23 or so. The Philips is S$29.90. So I guess "ok".
Prices will come down in the future, but we are not in Taiwan/China whereby its LED country there, so OEM cheap stuff not easy to come by.

http://www.ecat.lighting.philips.com/l/catalog/catalog.jsp?userLanguage=en&userCountry=aa&catalogType=LP_PROF_ATG&_dyncharset=UTF-8&categoryid=LP_CF_NOVAL_EU_FA_AA_LP_PROF_ATG&productid=929000186702_EU_AA_LP_PROF_ATG&title=Novallure D 3W E14 2700K 230V B35 CL&ctn=929000186702_EU

The base of the bulb houses a 3W emitter and shines upwards to hit the crystal which reflects and refracts 360 deg omni to emulate a point source.

They have 3W, 9W frosted ones, but not sure why they wannat do that. CFL do better for a much cheaper price, 10,000hrs is enough for most anyway. And modern CFL switch on already 80-90% full brightness, and no flicker start-up.

3W is good for low-intensity or mood light, used in multiples in a chandelier. But what we need is 5-10W emitters. Main issue is heat disspation at the LED junction.

I've done a calculation for wattage power savings and incan bulb replacement, approx 5-6 years can break even, 4hrs a day. With this mainly I guess you won't feel guilty to leave the light on, as opposed to incandescent and to a certain extent halogen. It would be more if your room is air-con (the heat emitted need to be taken out of the room by the air-con). "Psychological". Seriously, what good is a nice chandelier with incan/halogen that is used only during house warming, christmas, new year and CNY?

[Armadillo]

thanks for the info
I think I'm going to change my halogen 50W to LED
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[2100]

[2100]

The Philips is S$29.90 per pc. 3W.

http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs/431564844-e14-led-candle-lights-240v-with-COB-chip-3W-AC85-265V-E14-E27-base-optional-2year-wholesalers.html

I purchased 3 of these 9W total - just nice for a romantic mood from the crystal chandelier. The crystals need point sources of light as for my model the crystal chains are hanging below the E14 base. Put CFL and no sparkle. Incandescent will suck a lot.

I paid usd7.01 for each, but it has raised price already. I have calculated, 3W gives you at least 15W of incandescent light, from the electricty savings with 4 hrs usage each night, 4 years will breakeven the cost of the light + shipping. Haven't even factored in savings from the less heat generated for the air-con to cool even....esp if you are the type who switches on the air-con frequently.

But the thing is, now I can freely switch on the light and use it with a clear conscience. Last time is - "try not to use, $$$ wise and afraid of too big carbon footprint"....ya know the conscience thingy?

Got 5W version, but the base is quite big. This 3W version is very slim, definitely ok for all E14 based chandeliers.

[2100]

5W E14 LED candle.

http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/105303/210897893-402670623/led-candle-light-bulb-E14-1x5W-400lm-led-candle-BULB-Free-Shipping.html

It is like the Philips 3W LED candle design....the center emitter hits the central crystal and then reflects/refracts light 360 deg, thus emulating a central point source light.

The gold colour heatsink may not be suitable for those open classic-type chandeliers. But for those modern chandeliers esp closed ones, shd be alright. 3W version has a silver heatsink though.

[saggydog]

[2100]

[saggydog]

[2100]

Yeah man, that is where I got the 4X figure from.

The heavy duty stuff, and those big stuff with a design element in it (hence need to go down and feel the REAL THING), you still need to go down to Balestier or Geylang Jalan Besar, Bukit Merah to check it out. Quite a few are not so expensive, coz lower rental + surface shipment.

But for generic ones, just buy from picture lah.....what is there to "appreciate in true form".

I think nowadays it is 10-15% worse, with the higher rental and just pure profiteering, compared to 1.5 years ago. (fuel cost would impact all the same way)

[2100]

[saggydog]

[benong]

Due to high cost of LEDs, I think most important is still to have some warranty coverage when buying.

[JamesGill]

Thank you for your posting..