Compact fluorescent bulbs: Manufacturers typically offer a 23- to 26-watt to replace the 100, a 13-watt to replace the traditional 60-watt and an 11 or 12 watt to replace the old 40-watt bulb ...

Starting Jan.1, 2014, manufacturers will stop making 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs to comply with new federal energy efficiency laws. Should you choose halogens, CFL-halogen hybrids, or ...

Lights out for 40- and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs By . Post Editorial Board. Published Jan. 1, ... If you build a better light bulb — at a good price — consumers will come to it of their ...

A third of Americans say they%27ll hoard old light bulbs being phased out; On Jan. 1%2C 60-watt and 40-watt incandescents can%27t be made in or imported into U.S.

Generally, a 100-watt-equivalent LED light bulb is between 10 and 15 watts. 60-watt-equivalent LED bulbs are between 8 and 10 watts, and 40-watt-equivalent bulbs are around 6 to 8 watts.

A 40-watt bulb produced dimmer light than a 100-watt bulb. ... Bulb type. These days, almost all of the light bulbs you buy will be either light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or halogens.

45 lumens per watt is now the bar. Skip ... which consumes 40, 60, 75, 100, maybe 150 watts of ... But the George W. Bush administration was the one to begin mandating higher light bulb ...

On January 1 it will become illegal for American businesses to either manufacture or import the old-style 40 and 60-watt light bulbs. The move is the result of a 2007 bill, ...

On January 1, 2014, in keeping with a law passed by Congress in 2007, the old familiar tungsten-filament 40- and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs can no longer be manufactured in the U.S., ...

A 40-watt-rated fixture can take only a 40-watt bulb. Any more and you will incur heat damage. That heat damage may be on the ceiling itself, the light fixture’s wiring or the house wiring in ...