I'd like to know if 5.75" CFL lightbulbs wil stick out of the top or fit inside the shade well. Anybody know? Thanks.
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It will fit perfectly inside the shade. There is more than enough room. Really like the lamp!
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I have CFL bulbs in mine and they do not stick out. The lamp is a large size lamp and can accommodate regular size bulbs.
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Please see Mike H's answer- I purchased the bulbs for the same reasons, however once installed my light fixture glass cover would not fit over the bulbs (bulbs are too big)
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Although it fit my regular lamp, it also only lasted 5 weeks. There's a statement that it's not for enclosed light fixtures, and I now wonder if that is because of excess heat. The one I used is a spotlight style, with a cylinder about 6" across and long enough to enclose the bulb. (I didn't want the extra UV affecting my furniture or my skin.) Perhaps that was too small for the bulb to be able to dissipate the heat?
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CFL bulb fit just fine. That is the only bulb I have used in it, and it has stood up to daily use with zero problems and zero failures.
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According to the material that came with the lamp, you are only supposed to use a 40 w bulb, and it has to be small enough to fit in the shade. It isn't really bright enough for what I use it for, but . . . .
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I personally don't think it would look right. It is smaller than it looks in the picture (we used it in a walk in closet and it looks fine). I think if you were hanging a bulb from the ceiling, you would want a bigger shade, made of something other than plastic.
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You can see from the construct of the adapter that the clips will go around the bulb at roughly 1" below the bottom of the bolt - maybe more, so the shade *will* sit higher. I'm guessing the bolt has been soldered onto the device and cannot be replaced with a longer one. Thanks for making me look more closely because I've been struggling to find a clip-on shade just a little shorter than most, and now I can go with a spider shade!
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Yes just don't get the long cfl bulbs, unless you are hanging the fixture. Stick to the short spiral style
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We put large globe shaped 110W bulbs in them because we liked the look. They could take LEDs or compact fluorescent, but the bulb might be way up in the neck. If i were using a small bulb i would probably use an extension to get it down to the edge of the shade. They are nice shades.
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Don't Know if CFL will work or not, have not tried a CFL bulb in the socket but I suspect that they will fit and if they fit, they will work. Some CFL's come on slow so you may be beyond the light before it comes on enough to see.
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As far as bulbs go: my lamp has a dimmer switch, so CFLs would not work. But from the reviews it seems that there may be different versions of the lamp being shipped, not all sound like they have dimmers. The height: the lamp just fits into room with a regular 8 foot ceiling. And the way the arms are shaped, they cannot be bent. I thought you could adjust them and bring them lower; that is not the case. The curve that they have is pre-determined, you can only "spread them out" sideways to adjust the light.
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That might be too small. If the shade can slide over the bulb socket it will fit. I cut the wire on my shade to go over the bulb socket. There are pictures in the comments.
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Hi Dennis....there are various "varieties" of flicker flame bulbs. The one that is pictured in the email with the candelabra base hovers between 3 and 4 inches. If you need an exact measurement I will check the ones that I use (they are at my shop). Please email me at Jacques58@aol.com. hope this helps. jim
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Try these in a reflector lamp. Cheaper. There is also a one inch extension if it is too short. Get them a home center and return if they don't work. CFLs are dim. I like to double up. 10-Pack E26/E27 Light Socket Splitter Adapter - Y Socket (makes 2 sockets for E26 bulbs from one bulb socket)
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Yes - You can use CFLs in any regular light bulb socket - where have you been past few years? :-) And yes I have CFLs in these lamps as well as 100% of my house. Out of 5 stars I would rate these lamps 3.5. Not quite as nice as I was hoping. Look great in the evening light, not so great in daylight.
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Yes it does fit with no issues. I am using a fixture I purchased at Lowes, so that is pretty much standard US socket. I used CFL in it before and now these. They work very well. I do not feel they are loose at all. I like them a lot. The white is very bright (cool white at about 5600K)
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I had to raise my light bulb base up to make them tight. I had a standard 6" can light, which i had to completely unscrew wing nut on bulb base bracket, move bracket up, and rescrew in then they worked fine.