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!