Trying a new kind of screw-in...LED 360 degree bulbs!

It's possible that with a little electrical know how and the correct circuit locations in your home, you could still use them. It'll be more trouble than its worth though.
 
So what would have happened if I had just screwed them in and turned the light on? LOL! Would it have shot out my light or burnt down my house? ;)

I was planning it on using it over a 29 gallon tank which has been modified (not by me, who is fearful of electricity and doesn't even like replacing outlet covers) to two E27 sockets, I am currently running two 13 watt CFLs but thought this LED light would be sooo awesome...sigh.
 
With all the LED options available, and their directional nature, I'm not sure why you would completely negate that advantage by using a light setup like this. The great thing about LEDs is 0 restrike since you can get 100% of their output in a 15-180* cone depending on the LED and optics used. This allows 100% of the light generated to go into the tank vs out the front, back sides, bouncing around under reflectors, restriking the bulb, etc. This is one of the characteristics of LEDs that helps to make them so efficient. By taking that light pattern and dispersing it in a 360* pattern like that, you are introducing artificial shortcomings to the application, and I'm not sure why you would want to do that. for lighting a room, sure, you want the coverage like that, but in a light over a tank, you want all the light shining downward at the water.
 
I didn't really overthink it. Basically, I am always looking for bulbs with a pleasing color spectrum to use in an aquarium on the hoods that have screw-in sockets - my three 10 gallon tanks and my one 29 gallon tank. Right now I have a relatively small range of bulbs I can use, most of them are Sylvania 10-13 watt 6,500k bulbs or full spectrum bulbs like Ottlites which are made for detail work (and kind of pricey at $10 a bulb).

I wasn't thinking so much, "Oh wow, LEDS!" as I was looking for a bulb with an aesthetically pleasing color output, I figured this would be very bright white with a bluish tinge perhaps, which was going to look particularly good over this 29 gallon which is full of natural brown and white rocks and most bulbs tend to make it look a little yellowish.

It appears I won't be able to use these bulbs after all, however...unless there is some adapter or what not that I can buy. Does anyone know?
 
I know I am showing my ignorance here, but I admitted before I'm an electrical dummy!

I always thought 220v and 120v referred to the plugs...so that when you went overseas, everything had different plugs and you would need to buy one of these little converters to power your cell phone chargers, etc.

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How does the voltage difference apply to a BULB? I mean, isn't an E27 socket an E27 socket? And now that I'm thinking about it, these LEDs are merely 7 watts...so isn't the worst thing that can happen if I screw in these bulbs and turn on my hood, that it simply won't work? Because 7 watts isn't going to short out anything, I don't think...
 
Chances are it will work just fine on 120v, it is the current that matters. they do make an adapter you can get on ebay, I believe it is about 3 bucks, nothing more than a tiny step up transformer.
 
nc0gnet0 said:
Chances are it will work just fine on 120v, it is the current that matters. they do make an adapter you can get on ebay, I believe it is about 3 bucks, nothing more than a tiny step up transformer.
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I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "it is the current that matters" - but I sure hope you are right!

I will definitely pay more attention next time and read the listing the whole way through.
 
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