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>> No. 2892 Anonymous
16th February 2021
Tuesday 11:42 am
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Will a 7.5W LED bulb in a 7W lamp/fixture cause problems?

The difference is small but I don't want to start a housefire.
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>> No. 2893 Anonymous
16th February 2021
Tuesday 12:14 pm
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>>2892
It will be fine.
>> No. 2894 Anonymous
16th February 2021
Tuesday 4:13 pm
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>> No. 2895 Anonymous
16th February 2021
Tuesday 5:42 pm
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>>2894

The house was already on fire before replacing the bulb so it would appear that it is in fact fine according to the logic of this comic.
>> No. 2896 Anonymous
16th February 2021
Tuesday 5:43 pm
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Lamp fitting wattages used to be important in the days of incandescent bulbs which put out a shitton of heat. If you put a 100w bulb in a 60w lamp, it would get very toasty in there and possibly melt or catch fire.

With LEDs its a bit more complicated. If you've got a lamp with a separate transformer putting out 12vdc, going over the W rating could end up burning out the transformer.

But I'm guessing this is probably a mains powered lamp you've got, in which case it's hard to give a good answer as the efficiency and heat output of different types of LED bulbs varies hugely. I would say that as long as the lamp is fairly open with space for air to circulate around the bulb then there should be no problem with it.

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