A couple of years back, I made some window candles for the house and one
candle for each window. Each candle light is a cheap LED bulb that I
pulled from a string of LED candle bulb lights that I got at the local
Walmart. Problem is that my wife, who I made these for, doesn't like
the dimness of the result and wishes for brighter candles. Initially,
before starting the LED project, I tried standard candle incandescents
but since the candles are in front of curtains and blinds enough heat
was generated to start burning them so I came up with the LEDs.
Yesterday, I tried increasing the current to one of the LED's (from 17
to 35mA) and the brightness doubled but still far short of neighbor's
incandescents.

So, I could replace the LEDs I guess with 5 W equivalent LED ones I see
on the web these days, but they seem expensive. Are there any candle
incandescents that burn cool especially when up against something like
curtains?

Thanks!