I’m looking for a standard edison screw base 110/120v bulb that can be used in a outdoor porch fixture. I want something dim. Basicly, I want a nightlight bulb, but something with a standard base and rated to work in damp or outdoor locations.
I’m using the Lights of America 4W LED bulbs (from Costco, but I think the ones from Walmart are the same) right now and they are actually somewhat quite a bit brighter than I really want.
I’m also not willing to pay a lot, since I already have something that works, even if not ideal for the situation.
put a 400PIV/PRV, 3A diode in series with an incandescent bulb and get very low power and very very long life. They used to sell these as a coin sized insert for the socket.
And they have a white one too, http://www.bulbs.com/espec.aspx?ID=13973&RefId=380 , but 12.29 plus 7.95 for shipping. And they say it’s indoor/outdoor rate, nice. I might try one if I could get it locally, even though it’s still more than I really wanted to spend.
This same bulb seems to be available at tinydeal.com. The package indicates usability as a “lawn lamp”, which I take to mean outdoors. Not sure if the ratings on the bottom side of the package are similar to UL listing.
Disclaimer:
One reviewer said “Worked fine but they are blue. Very low lumens, build quality was fine - all that I ordered worked but the issue was just very little light and very blue”
I bought one of these lights at Lowes . It has a dim illumination level until the motion sensor is triggered , then it comes on at full brightness . To make it even dimmer , I use a 25 watt bulb in it . The dim light attracts fewer insects . At full brightness it is bright enough for my purposes .
It has been installed for 4 months so far and has been trouble-free .
I understand that you are only looking for a bulb , but I wanted to share .
Now there are a lot of dimmable bulbs ,with different bulb base . could be used indoor or outdoor. even GU10/MR16 spotlight could also be dimmable that use different places
Dorcydirect has an outdoor motion sensor LED light for around $25 — brown bullet-shaped thing, uses three D alkalines. I used some already outdated but unused D cells and they ran it for a full year, got fairly dim in the last month but still gave enough light to see the steps that are otherwise completely in shadow at night. And I’d stuck a sheet of yellow transparent plastic film over the LED which is typical blue-white.
I dropped the first one I bought and it quit working before I got it up in the tree over the steps; they cheerfully sent me another one free, I guess they’re not meant to bounce — and that’s served just fine. The three D cells were flat dead according to my ZTS tester when I replaced them last week (but the motion detection feature and the light were still working).