On Sat, 07 Nov 2015 13:31:03 -0600,
wrote:

Last night I was doing some work outdoors after dark, and was using a
trouble light. The old incandescent 100W bulb died, so I went to get
another. But it turned out that I did not have any handy. Before they
outlawed them, I bought several cases of them, but to save on space in
the house, I put them in a shed which is well filled with stuff. I was
not about to go dig thru that shed last night, when I was in the middle
of a job. I had just bought some of those low cost 60W LED bulbs at
Walmart, and they were right in front of my face, so I grabbed one of
them.

I knew that I never liked any bulbs less than 100W for trouble lights,
but this had to do for now.

Besides the (expected) lower wattage issue, I found that the LED bulb
did not focus the light in the same way as a convential bulb. LEDs seem
to focus the light out of their TOP, where all the light used from a
trouble light comes from the side of the bulb. I came to the conclusion
that LED bulbs are not the best for trouble lights.

Maybe one of the Phillips "lolipop" bulbs would do better.

--
croy