Some words of advice on LED bulbs:
I recently switched out every bulb in my house to LED bulbs. Originally I thought I could easily switch out every light in my house to the same LED bulb, but I quickly learned that not all LED bulbs are created equal or are honest in their claims. Each fixture in my home has a different brand of bulb, since every bulb produces a different quality of light. I had grown accustom to a specific quality of light in various areas of my house, which made picking the right LED very challenging. Outfitting your house with LED bulbs requires you to analyze where you want the most light and where you need "mood" lighting. Many LED bulbs produce great dim "mood" lighting at very low prices. These are areas of your house are where you can save money when buying LED bulbs. Multi-directional bulbs cost significantly more, so be very specific where you need that kind of bulb before buy one for every fixture in your house. Unlike incandescent lights, most LED bulbs have a slight delay when turning on. Once on the bulb is instantly bright, unlike fluorescence bulbs that take time to warm up. I found that some places of my house, I needed that "instant on" from the LED bulb (example: closet or bathroom). A good rule of thumb, most LED bulbs that claim to be dimmable usually are instant on too. I don't have any dimmers in my house, but the instant on was important. Not only do LED bulbs use less electricity, but they put off almost no heat. This has made a huge difference in the temperature of my house, especially during the hot Texas summer. Fun fact: 80% of the energy used by an incandescent bulb produces heat not light.
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These bulbs are FANTASTIC. The color is great, just like a regular nightlight, they are warm colored and not "daylight white", and light output is just under that of a 7w nightlight bulb. I do have to say though, they did not work in any of the automatic nightlights I had, and I had to purchase switched ones. At .03w I just keep them on, it's still cheaper and most places in my house with nightlights were on during the day even with the automatic ones. My recommendation is to go for it!Best Deals for G7 Power G7S68WW 0.36-Watt LED Multipurpose Night Light bulb
Like others, I tried this first in two different automatic night lights. Even with the ambient light sensor covered to simulate complete darkness this bulb flashed continuously like a 1950s "Eat At Joe's" neon sign.Next, I used a Candelabra (E12) to Medium (E26) screw base adapter, such as Satco 92-400 Medium to Candelabra Socket Reducer, to test this multi-LED bulb in a regular lamp, and it WORKED PERFECTLY -NO FLASHING! The new LED was almost as bright, and much whiter, than the "white" 7-1/2 Watt incandescent bulb it replaced.
Then I searched my spare parts drawers and came up with an old, manual-switch night light fixture which is similar to GE 52194 White Shade Incandescent Night Light and its translucent plastic shade. I tried the new LED bulb in that. It WORKED! No flashing; no fooling.
Thinking that the translucent plastic shade was blocking too much light I slid it off. That was a mistake! The 4 LEDs in the bulb were much too bright/intense to look at directly, even momentarily, accidentally. I had to replace the translucent shade.
Finally, I got the idea to replace the translucent plastic shade with a clear, transparent, rippled plastic shade borrowed from one of the automatic night lights. The clear shade allowed significantly more light through to illuminate the room. If you want a new, NON-AUTOMATIC, manual, night light which uses a rippled, transparent shade I would suggest something similar to GE 51023 4-Watt Incandescent Nightlight with Rounded Clear Shade. Those are the ones I am going to buy along with more of these really good 0.36 Watt LED bulbs.
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