can you plug this into an ordinary light bulb socket eg. lamp?
1614502
It would depend on the size of the socket. It is meant for a heat lamp. And if plugged into a general socket you would need to be aware if fire risk because of a heat.
1614503
The socket must be rated for 250 watts or it will blow out. I learned that the hard way. Now I use a shop lamp with a clamp and it stated it was rated for 250 watts.
2202870
No, just plug it into an outlet you would plug a lamp into; assuming you live in the U.S. I cannot vouch for other countries, I am not familiar with their voltages.
549987
Yes. There is an outlet on the lamp that would allow you to do that. It comes with an extra cord.
1619964
I believe you can. I wrote my review prematurely, within a day, this lamp stopped working completely. It may be the bulbs. I haven't had the time to even try to look at it. If you haven't already ordered this, I'd say save your money.
1378992
No, it has plug, and uses a regular lightbulb. It's a very nice little lamp
2275788
yes, just yer regular ordinary bulb. I put in a cfl bulb and it looks good.
1450502
It takes a standard light bulb. So you can use any ordinary bulb you would use in a lamp. I believe up to 60 watts.
1313019
It fits in a standard light bulb socket. Just note that the base widens more quickly than a standard light bulb and can be a problem in some fixtures.
1340235
Greetings, you would have to change the lamp out, and have a plug adapter. It is initially, for 110 volts. hope that helps.
34994
No. I has a normal electrical lamp cord and plug, not shown in the photo. The cord comes out of the rear of the base. I really love this space-saving high efficiency lamp!
1218263
I haven't tried that. The lamp I used it on had one 25w small base incandescent bulb. Good question. I'll have to look into it.
987778
Yes. There is a USB cable, and an adapter, that lets you plug the USB cable into an outlet. As a bonus, the adapter has two Female USB ports, so you can plug the lamp and one other thing into the same outlet.
32753
You can use this in any standard or regular bulb receptacle or socket. If it is able to meet your expectation that only depends of the size of the area where you want to use it. For me it was more than enough because I'm using it just to create an effect in a small bar (about 20sq ft)
1631211
No standard socket in this, small candelabra bulb only, but still lights up a room well. I have mine in a 10 x 11 room
1224944
The socket is configured to fit a regular light bulb fixture. I just a regular 60 watt energy savings bulb. You can use halogen but may be an overkill.
96975
I don't see why not since it's just a standard light socket. But I would still use one of those energy saving bulbs that has the equivalent brightness of a 100 watt incandescent bulb. For example, I'm using a 20 watt LUMAcoil bulb which is equivalent to a 75watt incandescent bulb.
739798
Yes...but you cannot run it off a normal, household light socket. It must be run w a 600 watt ballast or a 1000 watt ballast that can be adjusted down to run a 600 watt bulb.