What Wattage Do You Need

What wattage do you need?

If the wattage you need isn’t specified on your old bulb, you can always check your fixture. Fixtures such as ceiling fans, lamps, or general overhead lights are rated to accept a certain wattage, which you can look up on the manufacturer’s website if it’s not printed on the fixture. The most common wattage used for bulbs in typical household applications is 60 watts—when replacing an incandescent bulb with another incandescent.

When replacing an incandescent with an LED or CFL bulb, however, they will typically be labeled in terms of wattage equivalence; “60W equal” bulbs, for example. These 60W equal bulbs may use as little as 8 watts to actually operate—this rating simply means that they produce as much light as 60W incandescent and will work fine in fixtures rated to accept 60 watts.

NOTE: If you’d like brighter light from your fixture, you may have to ignore the wattage equivalent rating and pay attention to lumens (which are the direct measurement of brightness—not watts, which measure power requirements) instead.

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