Re: Traditional 60w bulbs, the end in sight.

I now know why the light pendant I recently bought was such a good sale bargain - it is a six arm pendant and is designed to take those little candle bulbs with a twirl on the end like a flame. They must have known it won't look right with those new UGLY looking light bulbs. I haven't been able to find any nice dainty looking energy saving bulb that will look right with it, so I am going to have to try to stock up as well. Grrrrrr
PS - I'm not really extravagant - I prefer sidelights and we very rarely have this light on - suppose I could just leave the spent bulbs in and pretend it works.

Re: Traditional 60w bulbs, the end in sight.

Mags, if you can find a 30 w (new) bulb, it is 120 w (old) one; I find for a reading lamp you really need a bit more than 100 (old) w.

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Aerolor, is a pendant what we call a chandelier?

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Thanks for that info Eileen, I like a nice bright light too so I'll keep my eyes peeled for the 30w bulb

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They are just awful. We have changed all the bulbs over to energy saving bulbs and they give out a dimmer lighting effect. I would like to change them back to the original bulbs. I can't imagine anyone preferring the energy saving bulbs.

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I don't really think so Eileen. I think of a pendant as a light fiting which hangs down rather than fitting flush up to the ceiling It can be just a single light or several branches with or without shades. To me a chandelier is more complicated with refractive glass and crystal. This fitting I have has no crystal, it has six branches, hangs on a chain and is made of metal with twining leaves runnning through it. It is painted and distressed in white and is supposed to look rustic and natural. It's a devil to clean.

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I'm not sure I quite understand the difference, here's a pic of a chandelier without the crystal that sounds sort of what you are describing??



Or this vchandelier:

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I wouldn't say there is a difference really apart from pendants covering anything hanging on a length of chain from the ceiling and chandeliers are pendants with multiple crystal glass droplets or bulb holders.

Re: Traditional 60w bulbs, the end in sight.

Then I think that may be a UK-US difference in terminology. Anything handing from the ceiling is a chandelier, it's not restricted to crystal. Neither of the two I posted have any crystal, but were found on a Google search for chandeliers. I had a lovely wrought iron one at my former house, unfortunately never thought to take a pic of it. Aren't the differences in our English interesting? I do love this forum!

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I am sure you are right. Putting it another way I would probably call a pendant a single hanging light fitting and a chandelier a multiple hanging light fitting