E12 Pygmy Bulb 7W 50lm Non-Dimmable - Warm White 2200K, 2 Pack

A 7W pygmy bulb on an E12 screw cap, made by Eveready for plug-in night lights. The glass is clear, so the coiled filament sits in plain view and the lit bulb reads as a small warm point rather than a soft glow. Output is 50 lumens at 2,200K, which is at the warm end of warm white and closer to candlelight than to a standard household bulb. The cap is the part to check before you buy: the number in an E code is the thread diameter in millimetres, so an E12 measures 12mm across, narrower than the more common E14. It is sold as a blister of two.

Night lights are the obvious home for it: the plug-in units that sit in a hallway socket, on a landing, or low down in a child's room. Fifty lumens is a small amount of light by design, enough to pick out a doorway, a step or a cot without lighting the room or waking anyone in it. It also suits small decorative fittings that take the narrow E12 thread, where a full-size bulb would look wrong and give far too much light for the job.

There is no dimming here: the specification lists the bulb as non-dimmable, so it wants a plain switched socket rather than a dimmer circuit. An incandescent filament turns most of what it draws into heat rather than light, which is why the energy label reads G; at 7W the running cost of a night light is still very small. The pack prints a lamp life of 1.5 years. Each blister holds two bulbs and the minimum order is 20 of them, in multiples of 20, so it is a line to buy when you want a stock rather than one replacement. Other pygmy and small-cap bulbs sit beside it, including B15 (SBC) pygmy bulbs at 15W.

Will this fit my plug-in night light?

It fits holders taking an E12 screw cap, a 12mm thread. Unscrew the old bulb and compare the cap, because an E14 will look similar but is two millimetres wider and will not thread in.

How much light does 50 lumens actually give?

Very little, and that is the point of it. It marks out a doorway, a socket or a step in a dark room without lighting the room or disturbing anyone sleeping.

Can I use it on a dimmer?

No. The specification lists it as non-dimmable, so give it a plain switched socket or a switched night light unit rather than a dimmer circuit.

What does 2,200K warm white look like?

It is a deep, amber-leaning warm white, noticeably warmer than a 2700K household bulb and much closer to candlelight, which is why it reads so gently at night.

How many bulbs do I get, and how many must I order?

Each blister holds two bulbs. The minimum order is 20 blisters, in multiples of 20, so a single order brings 40 bulbs in total.

How long should one last?

The pack prints a lamp life of 1.5 years. Real life depends on how many hours a night it runs and on how steady your supply voltage is.