By kate kozuch mike prospero 31 august 2020 incandescent light bulbs are being phased out.
Compare incandescent halogen fluorescent and led light bulbs.
Shop for light bulbs based on the cap or base you need.
To help give you a little perspective let s compare the wattage between an incandescent light bulb and an led light bulb.
Led bulbs require much less wattage than cfl or incandescent light bulbs which is why leds are more energy efficient and longer lasting than their competitors.
Led s however are the most effective of all with a whopping 72 lumens per watt.
Here are the pluses and minuses of the best light bulb alternatives.
Because they operate at higher temperatures halogen bulbs have higher color temperatures and produce brighter light than incandescent bulbs.
Halogen light bulbs are slightly more effective with 25 lumens per watt.
The lifespan of a halogen lamp vs.
Cfl s or fluorescent light bulbs emit 60 lumens per watt.
Incandescent lamp has also doubled.
Most commonly used caps and bases such as bayonet or screw caps are available in multiple bulb shapes and types including led cfl halogen and incandescent.
That s the measure of power the light bulb consumes.
A standard a line incandescent bulb uses 50 watts.
This means for the usage up to the 15 000 hours you need up 14 incandescent bulbs 2 halogen bulbs but only 1 led bulb is needed for the usage.
So to reach a brightness of 800 lumens incandescent light bulbs will require 60 watts to power the light.
An led a line bulb uses 9 watts a 41 watt savings for each bulb.
Led lighting comparison.
How to understand this table look at the lumens brightness in the far left column then compare how many watts of power each light bulb type requires to produce that level of.
Leds require less wattage than cfl for the same amount of light.
For example a correct replacement for a 60w incandescent bulb would be a 15 watt cfl bulb 60 1 4 15.
Led fluorescent and halogen.
While the math for the cfl bulbs is simple the led bulbs are even more energy efficient and durable than compact fluorescent light bulbs.
However if today s led technology is used as a benchmark halogen lamps have almost nothing but disadvantages.
Halogen bulbs have a fragile quartz envelope and brittle filament wire.