are 2 of these adequate in a powder room or even too much(need dimmer?)?
2025169
Two are adequate, these are quite bright. I would use a dimmer for mood setting
2025170
I have these in a small bathroom. I would say it depends on just how small your powder room is. But I find them to be fine in my small bath which is approx 5' x 9' I like the look, style and quality. Love the LED.
2025171
I have these in a small bathroom. I would say it depends on just how small your powder room is. But I find them to be fine in my small bath which is approx 5' x 9'I like the look, style and quality. Love the LED.
1146521
Yes, i put two in a large basement family room and it is very bright. I would say one in a bedroom would be good.
28936
Certainly. Please not that I'm not professional or electrician, but I installed these in my home theater room, replacing old dome lights. It works great! If you need to add a dimmer, make sure you get some specific ones, since I could not make it work with some brands.
1765786
Two things about dimming. My dimmer was not compatible. Check the Philips list of ones that work perfectly. In spite of not being compatible they would dim way down. I dimmed the hall lights so our Video room would not have a glare from them. My guess would be over 80 dim. Not as good as old fashioned dimmers on a dinning room chandelier with incandescent lights but fairly close. Also be sure you have enough lights to meet the lowest wattage needed for the dimmer. Sounds complex but it isn't really. If you would like the PDF file with all the dimmers that work email me. I lost the site but have the list jhsnowden@ev1.net
630409
I have a dimmer on mine. I think it COULD possibly be sole source but you'd have to have them turned all the way up and they would b burning hot over a long period of time. It's a beautiful but simple light and is in my dining room which is open to a den so I do have other lights around
1213797
Dim lights. It works fine in my living room, circa 150 square feet, with one 100-watt bulb. The image was barely visible in my Sunday school classroom with a ceiling full of flourescent lights on. I had to turn the lights off and let the room just be lit by light coming in the windows. So no, I don't recommend it for use in a brightly-lit room. This projector appears to be intended to watch movies with lights out or dim more than to make business/classroom presentations. It's usable if you can dim the lights or turn them off, but not ideal.
448903
You could run a series of extension cords to each lamp (up to this controllers rated capacity ) teethered to this unit as a controler.. or you could look for a remote controlled system to dim each lamp in unison.. but my thinking is while the extension cords may be a bit more unsightly if not done properly.. they definitely will be far less costly... Best Joe
2186923
I have 2 of them in a 10 x10 inside patio and it lights it well..they take 60 watt bulb max and mine are on dimmer switch...so depending on size of your room. I would def say you would need 2.
1604366
Actually, there is an overload transformer. I hardwired mine by burying a plug inside the wall, but you should use the dimmer for 7$. It has 4 brightness settings and can be under mounted. Avoid direct wiring the lights, unless you've found a dimmer with a built in transformer. I already tried ;(
805824
Yes. I use 3 of them to light my living room. It's a little dim, but OK. 5 should be fine.
2178787
I have one in my living room on a dimmer, my living room is pretty large and it lights it just fine. If your putting two up I am pretty certain you will be just fine. its a great looking light once hung and simple to install.
2250957
it's just a standard hard-wired light fixture like you would put in yout kitchen or dining room, so as long as you use standard old ligthbulbs or non-fluorescent new type ones that actualy say "dimmable" on the package then i would think so, yes...but these are made for outisde lighting, so usually dimming is not necessary....basically it's the bulb you use not the fixture that determines the dimmability.
902821
In my opinion they're a little dimmer, especially depending on the color you're using. Definitely no hum though.
2037434
I'd be careful. We are returning ours to Amazon. In an office environment with the overhead flouro lights, no way. Just too dim.The picture is crisp, the colors not bad (not great either), but unusable lumens. Even if you turn off the lights, its still too dim to go through a half hour presentation without fatique on my eyes. I even changed the power savings to minimal, which helped, but still not good enough. Also tweaked contrast and brightness, to no avail.
698970
You need dimmable CFL's but I would not use these as you will not find the range of dimming very good and there is a hum sometimes. I would get energy efficent LED bulbs or just stick to incandescent.
1175381
Yes it should be fine. I use it to illuminate my audio/visual equipment in a home theater room. It's bright enough but not obnoxious. Good luck
2134013
The lighting level is quite soft and would give quite a lovely ambiance to a massage room, but I would recommend two of these lights minimum for your room. You can always return one if you don't need it.