65w bulb in a 60w lamp, am I an idiot?

Is this for growing ? Lumens seem excessive for "normal" room lighting. I accept payment in product for my consultancy ;0)
 
EvilDreams said:
It actually uses 65w, it's a full spectrum bulb which claims to produce 4300 lumens...I have no idea what that's equivalent to.
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About 2.5x brighter than a 100 watt incandescent bulb...

EvilDreams said:
I bought a few for my flat to give me some decent light exposure over the winter as I tend to get SAD and migraines and whatnot.
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There's something fishy here, you should not be using that kind of brightness to light your house on a night.

Not only that, but you'll probably find it harder to actually sleep because your body won't think that it's late enough to sleep are you're being blinded by massive white light!!

You're probably going to give yourself more migraines.

I'm by no means an expert but...


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As an electrical engineering I'll say: it'll probably be fine, but you do so at your own risk.

The rating is unlikely to be related to the amount of heat the bulb kicks out, but the heating in the wires that occurs due to the flow of current. 5w extra is not much, and if you were in the hot country it may be an issue.


So my advice if you must: don't hide the cable, let it get air flow around it. Also don't run it for hours on hot days.
 
65w is 0.28 of an amp, there is no chance the wiring will have issues. The rating on lamp holders refers to the amount of heat chucked out by an incandescent lamp, a 65w CFL is going to run a lot cooler than that, so there won't be a problem.

That's still comically large though.
 
The cable to the plug will be fine, but I wouldn't presume to know the current carrying capabilities of the internals.
Even with low power devices it's never ok to just presume when there are unknowns.
 
Skyfall said:
About 2.5x brighter than a 100 watt incandescent bulb...



There's something fishy here, you should not be using that kind of brightness to light your house on a night.

Not only that, but you'll probably find it harder to actually sleep because your body won't think that it's late enough to sleep are you're being blinded by massive white light!!

You're probably going to give yourself more migraines.

I'm by no means an expert but...


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As a fellow SAD sufferer like the OP, we need high lumens lighting like this to readdress the serotonin/melatonin imbalance, which causes us to battle extreme tiredness on a daily basis through the winter months (but can happen in other seasons if we have prolonged overcast weather).

Typically a conventional lightbox is used in the morning, perhaps with a top up mid afternoon, but using them later in the day can mess your sleep pattern up and make you feel awake for longer.

It does take a little time to adjust to such intensive lighting, but the negatives are far outweighed by the positive effect it has on tiredness and concentration levels.

There is more to SAD than this, lightboxes and high lumen bulbs like this 65W do not cure anything like all the symptoms, which also include depression; anti-social; loss of interest in hobbies etc.

Must admit I've just taken delivery of some 30W 6400k spiral bulbs that are supposed to be the equivalent of 175W, as an alternative to using my Pharox Max lightbox, cannot say I'm that impressed so far.
 
It does state consumes 65w not "light output equivalent to 65w incandescent", it is chucking out many more lumens than a 65w incandescent I believe.

Caged said:
65w is 0.28 of an amp, there is no chance the wiring will have issues. The rating on lamp holders refers to the amount of heat chucked out by an incandescent lamp, a 65w CFL is going to run a lot cooler than that, so there won't be a problem.

That's still comically large though.
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It's getting a lot more lumens out of 65w of power usage than an incandescent would, therefore it's making less heat. You can't magic energy out of nowhere.
 
EvilDreams said:
I tend to sleep in the dark though :confused:
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UTmaniac said:
but using them later in the day can mess your sleep pattern up and make you feel awake for longer.
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@EvilDreams

If you actually have been diagnosed with SAD and this is what your doctor has ordered then you're probably best of sticking with what he has advised.

However, if, as I suspect you have self diagnosed and are buying some bulbs to light your rooms I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea even from just a quick google...

It's also possible you're pulling our legs in which case I will not be happy.
 
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