List Price: $465.00
Sale Price: $168.26
Today's Bonus: 64% Off
I purchased this chandelier after viewing what felt like hundreds of possibilities. I replaced a thirty-year-old brass and glass fixture that was outdated. This fixture has completely transformed and updated the look of my formal diningroom. It matches the mahogany wood beautifully and the look is gorgeous. As usual, Amazon delivered it quickly, at a very competetive price, and it was packed extremely well. The glass is fragile and arrived in perfect condition.
My hysteria came in trying to determine the equivalent amount of wattage to use with the new bulbs being marketed. The fixture I replaced used six, 40Watt incandescent bulbs. There was no way to determine whether to buy the model with three, 60Watt Xenon bulbs, or go for the same model chandelier with five, 60Watt Xenon bulbs. I spent at least two hours researching online and calling different agencies trying to learn the equivalent light outputs of the newer bulbs as compared to the incandescent bulbs we are all accustomed to using, which are now disappearing. I was finally told that these Xenon bulbs are approximately 20% brighter than the equivalent incandescent wattage. I therefore replaced the 240Watts of incandescent light with 180Watts of Xenon light and it is perfect. Also note that unlike halogen bulbs, Xenon bulbs may be touched by the installer without shortening the life of the bulb.
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