Energizer Candle E14 4.9W Opal Non-Dimmable - Warm White 3000K, 2 Pack

This is a candle bulb with the small E14 screw cap, often written SES, drawing 4.9W and giving 470 lumens of warm white light at 3000K. The retail pack offers it as a replacement for a 40W incandescent candle and prints a 10 year lifespan on the front. The body is opal white rather than clear, so light leaves it spread rather than concentrated on one visible source, which matters when the bulb sits in an open holder. A 280 degree beam angle sends light almost all the way round, up the sides and back past the cap.

Candle bulbs belong in chandeliers, wall lights, small pendants and the bedside or hallway fittings that take a narrow shade. Check the cap before ordering: E14 measures about 14mm across the thread while the more common E27 measures about 27mm, and the two do not interchange, so take the old bulb out and compare it. At 3000K the light sits at the softer, yellower end of white, which suits a living room, dining room or bedroom, and it reads close enough to old filament lighting to sit beside one in a multi arm fitting.

The specification lists this bulb as non-dimmable, so give it an ordinary on and off switch rather than a dimmer circuit, where a non-dimmable LED can buzz or flicker. IP20 is the standard indoor figure: protection against fingers and larger solid objects, none against water, so keep it to dry indoor fittings. Each box holds two bulbs and the minimum order is 12 boxes, sold in multiples of 12, which suits stocking several rooms at once. We also list LED candle bulbs on the B15 (SBC) bayonet cap in warm white 2700K and in cool white 4000K.

Which light fittings take an E14 bulb?

E14 is the small screw cap, around 14mm across the thread, and it is common on chandeliers, wall lights, small pendants and table lamps. If your old bulb has a noticeably wider thread it is probably E27.

Is 470 lumens bright enough to replace a 40W bulb?

The pack rates this bulb as a 40W replacement, and 470 lumens is the output an old 40W candle gave. In a chandelier or multi arm fitting the individual bulbs add together, so the room reads brighter than one bulb suggests.

Can I put this on a dimmer switch?

No. The specification lists it as non-dimmable, so it needs an ordinary on and off switch. Fitted to a dimmer circuit a non-dimmable LED can flicker, hum or fail sooner than it should.

What does warm white 3000K actually look like?

It is a soft white with a yellow lean, close to the colour of old filament lighting. It is warmer than 4000K cool white and much warmer than 6500K daylight, so it reads as relaxed rather than clinical.

How many bulbs do I get, and how many do I have to order?

One box contains two bulbs. The minimum order is 12 boxes, sold in multiples of 12, so the smallest purchase brings you 24 bulbs in total.

How long is it meant to last?

The pack prints a 10 year lifespan and refers to a side panel for the assumptions behind that figure. Real life depends on how many hours a day it runs and how often it is switched.