Vintage light bulbs: everything you need to know
Go for a classic style in lighting your home with Vintage Bulbs.
Discover our catalog of Vintage Light Bulbs and all the possibilities we offer you to illuminate your home.
The main purpose of Vintage bulbs">bulbs">Vintage bulbs is decorative use. With this type of [bulbs] different environments can be created, guaranteeing an aesthetic touch due to their multiple designs and formats.
1 Vintage incandescent or LED bulbs?
Generally, incandescent bulbs were used for decoration and/or lighting. The main problem with these bulbs is that most of the electricity that reaches the bulb is lost in the form of heat, making them very inefficient for the high consumption they have. With LED technology this problem is solved since for the same amount of lighting the consumption in W is very low and the heat generated is almost zero. Another advantage of Vintage LED bulbs over traditional bulbs is the multiple designs that the former have. We can find them with different types of diffusers that help guarantee the aesthetic touch that is intended with the use of these bulbs. Most of these bulbs have an E27 socket, the most common, which makes them easily installable anywhere.
2 What is the color temperature of this type of bulbs?
The emission tone of this type of bulb is included in warm white. If we talk in degrees Kelvin, this type of bulbs emit between 2000 - 3000ºK, that is, the same temperature as vintage incandescent bulbs, offering up to 30,000 hours of useful life. Additionally, in some models of vintage light bulbs we can find versions with a cold white color temperature, although it is not the most common.
3 How do I know the wattage to choose for Vintage LED bulbs?
When choosing the Vintage LED bulbs that we want to choose, we must take into account the power equivalence between incandescent bulbs and LED bulbs. It should be mentioned in advance that Vintage LED bulbs are low power since their main use is decorative. To get an idea of the equivalences, the old 40W incandescent bulbs are replaced by 4W LED bulbs, while the 60W bulbs are replaced by 6W ones. It should be noted that the lighting level is maintained at all times so the only difference there will be will be consumption savings.
4 Is it possible to regulate the light intensity of these bulbs?
In principle, most LED bulbs in the Vintage range are not dimmable. Due to the requirements of decorators and interior designers, there are versions of the same bulbs in an adjustable version. This means that you can play with different lighting levels depending on the needs or events you want to cover. By regulating the lighting, our installation gains versatility and the possibility of creating different scenarios depending on the needs that arise.
