Recommendations for bulbs in light

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Hi all,

I just installed a Toltec light for my soon to arrive table and was wondering what bulbs you recommend. Each light will accept up to 150 watts.

Right now I put in 120w 40 size floods and the bulbs just hang below the shade. I guess the 30 size might work better. Also, how about these new halogen bulbs, any good?

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
coex-fo said:
Hi all,

I just installed a Toltec light for my soon to arrive table and was wondering what bulbs you recommend. Each light will accept up to 150 watts.

Right now I put in 120w 40 size floods and the bulbs just hang below the shade. I guess the 30 size might work better. Also, how about these new halogen bulbs, any good?

Thanks for the suggestions.
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My suggestion is hang flourscent lights on the ceilings like in an office and avoid the low hanging incandescent pool lights.
 
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fast larry said:
My suggestion is hang flourscent lights on the ceilings like in an office and avoid the low hanging incandescent pool lights.
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What Fast said. :cool:
 
If you are going to use incandecent, make sure the center bulb (assuming there are 3) is a lower wattage than the outside ones. Otherwise you will have a "hot spot" in the center of the table.
 
I have a 3 shade lamp an use 120-watt equivalent compact-flourescent bulbs, it works great. They are more expensive bulbs but they will last forever, put off a good flat natural light, and don't use much energy.

Go buy those and get them damn bug bulbs out of your light fixture :D
 
Different bulbs

If you use a florescent FULL spectrum bulb instead of the normal cool whites...it will be much easier on your eyes and the lighting will be fine.
 
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KingCarom said:
I have a 3 shade lamp an use 120-watt equivalent compact-flourescent bulbs, it works great. They are more expensive bulbs but they will last forever, put off a good flat natural light, and don't use much energy.

Go buy those and get them damn bug bulbs out of your light fixture :D
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Thanks for the suggestion, I was curious if these work well. I'll give these a try.

As the light is already installed in a living room, I don't think the office look would go over very well but that would have been my first choice under different circumstances.
 
KingCarom said:
I have a 3 shade lamp an use 120-watt equivalent compact-flourescent bulbs, it works great. They are more expensive bulbs but they will last forever, put off a good flat natural light, and don't use much energy.

Go buy those and get them damn bug bulbs out of your light fixture :D
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Finally went out and tried these after reading this post a couple weeks ago. I bought (4) 75W equiv. for the light over my table to replace the 60W regular incandecents (manuf. recommended max).

I have to say this was one of the best tips I ever got off any of the pool boards and would recommend them to anyone that has incandecent lighting.
Thanks KingCarom.
 
I am glad they worked out for you. They take a moment or two to warm up, but work great!
 
KingCarom said:
I am glad they worked out for you. They take a moment or two to warm up, but work great!
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That is what I ended up putting in my light as well. No complaints at all. I actually purchased the dimmable version and installed a dimmer switch. All in all, I'm quite satisfied.
 
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