What the hell sort of bulb is this?

[TorqueDog]

So a bulb in my kitchen light fixture just died and I'd like to order some replacements. I was going to look into some alternatives to the standard filament bulbs (long life, low power, high output, LED, whatever's available). Of course, I don't know what kind of bulb this is (I'm sure the style has a name) so I can't search it online.

Current bulbs are 45W, 120V.




So please, help me out CP - what the hell kind of bulb is this?

[sclitheroe]

Incandescent

[billybob123]

Looks like a PAR bulb. You'll need to bring it with you to Rona or Home Depot or Totem to find the right size.

[V]

Yeah, it's a R incandescent bulb. You should be able to replace it with a CFL, I'm not up on the residential LED lights these days, but I'm sure you can get an LED with the same socket size.

Edit. Sclitheroe is right.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by billybob123

Looks like a PAR bulb. You'll need to bring it with you to Rona or Home Depot or Totem to find the right size.

I think an R type, not PAR...if you images.google.com for R bulb types, you'll find it.

Although TD is probably stuck using Bing now.

[Buzzard]

http://www.amazon.com/Globe-Electric.../dp/B00B9W713W

R20

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Incandescent

I think an R type, not PAR...if you images.google.com for R bulb types, you'll find it.

Although TD is probably stuck using Bing now.

1. Smart-arse.
2. I'm giving Bing a fair shake, it's the least I can do.

Thanks guys, I'll see if I can find some options for R-type bulbs, thanks.

[firebug]

It's an R or PAR20 style bulb.

I've never had luck with cfls in them but Costco sells an led ($18) that I've been satisfied with.

Otherwise there are tugsten and halogen versions at Home Depot that do the trick.

[sclitheroe]

I'm a fan of halogen lighting for the kitchen - if the CFL's or other bulb types don't have a good CRI, it actually makes cooking more difficult - ground beef, for example, won't look like its cooking right.

[photon]

Yeah BR20 looks like.

Those kinds of bulbs usually are R, BR, ER, PAR:

R = Reflector
BR = Bulbous reflector
ER = Ellipsoidal reflector
PAR = Parabolic aluminized reflector

BR seem to be a more wide dispersal while a PAR is more directed I think.

I just replaced all the BR30's in my basement with the Phillips LED ones and they're pretty nice, dim well, and give a ton of light, but I wish the light was more diffuse, the opaque lens on the front doesn't seem very thick and/or the LEDs are quite close behind it, so shadows look sharper and the light is a bit harsher, though that could also be because the lights are noticeably brighter than the bulbs they're replacing.

I tried one CFL one and it didn't last even a year even though it was supposed to be dimmer compatible, but I think there are different kinds of dimmers and maybe the one that they put in when the house was built isn't kind to dimmable CFLs.

I know we have a lot of nerds on CP, but lighting nerds?

Wow.

[TorqueDog]

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