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[geegerbee]

I have a hanging light in the kitchen. I don't know if it takes 60 w or 100w. I read somewhere that if you use an LED light  bulb you go by lumens, not watts. So I think I could buy a 100 replacement LED bulb that uses 15 watts and it wouldn't be an overload. I don;t want to start a fire. Also, I looked on the A to Z website and off-brands are pretty cheap.  I am leaning towards a name brand like Sylvania or GE rather than some Chinese off-brand. Can use a little advice please.

[Desertdi]

All the information is given on the cardboard sleeve of the bulb.

[mrshckynut]

@geegerbee   we have used many different comparative watts, lumens etc.  my husband likes bighter lights and goes by the Kelvin reading number for brightness and never buys the softer lights. 

mrshckynut

[ValuSkr]

Yes, buying lights bulbs now is a real adventure compared to ten years ago.

[spabar]

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@geegerbee wrote:

I have a hanging light in the kitchen. I don't know if it takes 60 w or 100w. I read somewhere that if you use an LED light  bulb you go by lumens, not watts. So I think I could buy a 100 replacement LED bulb that uses 15 watts and it wouldn't be an overload. I don;t want to start a fire. Also, I looked on the A to Z website and off-brands are pretty cheap.  I am leaning towards a name brand like Sylvania or GE rather than some Chinese off-brand. Can use a little advice please.

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@geegerbee 

[meallen616]

@spabar,

Thank you for the chart!

[CalminHeart]

LED light bulb packages tell you the equivalent watt. Or you can google the lumens to find the equivalent watts.

[SilleeMee]

Kelvin measures the color (warm to cool). Lumens measures brightness. Usually warmer lights are perceived as being dimmer even though they have the same lumen brightness as cooler lights. So, if you want a warmer light with good brightness then go with a higher lumen (wattage).

[gardenman]

You don't have to worry about setting a fire by using the wrong wattage with LED bulbs in older fixtures. If the fixture is rated for a 60-watt bulb, they can use up to a sixty-watt LED, which would probably blind you. If your light was bright enough with a 60-watt incandescent bulb, then look for a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb. If it wasn't bright enough, you can safely use a 75-100-watt equivalent LED bulb with no worries. They'll still draw a fraction of the power that a 60-watt incandescent bulb drew, but you'll get a lot more light.

My old kitchen ceiling fan had four bulbs rated at 40-watts and it wasn't all that bright. I replaced them with 60-watt equivalent LED bulbs, and it was great. They still drew a fraction of the power of the old bulbs, but gave a lot more light.

[mrshckynut]

@SilleeMee   my husband changed our outside flood lights from 3000 kelvin to 6000 with the same lumen rating and the difference in brightness was like going from a 40 watt incandescent to a 200 watt of the same I order them amazon 

mrshckynut