[rmay635703]

My mom has a lot of antique glass ceiling fixtures that only accept a single traditional lightbulb.(a19)

In the case of her hallway it’s quite long and skinny with a single light in the middle.

Historically my father had a 150watt halogen that happened to just fit inside the glass meaning you could see inside the closet at the end of the hallway without being completely blinded.

When it burned out he took the cover off and had a big donut fluorescent which sort of worked.

I have tried a variety of LEDs and even with the dome removed on the bulb they e don’t fit inside the fixture, with it off you are blinded.

Bulbs small enough to fit are extremely dim

At the moment I am using an extremely large “spot/flood) incandescent they used for craft shows (~200watt)
Despite being bright it doesn’t blind you walking in, it has a slight clear band that allows the ceiling to light, perfect for lighting the entire length of the hall.
But it is extremely inefficient and hot which is fine in the winter but I would like to find bulbs that are brighter than 100 watts that preferably fit the light fixture so they don’t blind you on entry to the hall

I don’t know of any corn cob or 150watt+ LEDs that are small enough to work

I also don’t know if any LEDs replicate the gigantic cone shaped 200 watt bulbs that were hybrid flood/spot that have even enough light to not blind you unshielded

Lots of stuff on the market but most doesn’t work very well.

Also my moms stove exhaust hood seems to only work with standard incandescent, I am down to my last 100 watt incandescent bulb and have one 43 watt halogen left, I have a 60 watt candelabra in there because I couldn’t find her stash of bulbs and it’s too dim.

Tried LEDs 60watts up to 300 watts and they all only light about 1/4 of her stove and the rest is dim due to the sideways mount of the bulb.

LEDs seem to blind more than evenly distribute the light.

I’m considering trying to find a small corncob bulb that is 100 watt eq to try in her sideways mounted lights but all of them seem to either be too large or too dim.

Ah well looking for the most compact models people have encountered and for ideas.

Thanks