Re: Singing light bulb on dimmer switch

["David D." <daviddiamond.remove-if-not-spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spamno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> David D. wrote:
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> > (1) Is there a brand of G40-150 bulb that does not hum when dimmed?
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>     Do you really need that 150W?  If you are going to dim it anyway, why
> not try a  75W?  It should hum less.
>
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>

We normally use it at full brightness.  We dim it for special moods.

A "G40" is a 5" globe with a standard hosehold lamp screw base.   It
requires a higher wattage for the filament to brightly light the globe
surface (inverse square law from filament to globe surface).