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Incandescent watts to LED watts

Type a value in W incandescent to get it in W LED instantly.

17.78W LED

That's about the same as a bright kitchen light. Swapping that incandescent for an LED saves about 27.03 a year.

What it means

How bright is that?

LED and CFL efficacies vary by model (LEDs from 80 to over 150 lm/W); check the lumens on the box. The saving assumes 3 hours a day at 0.30 per kWh.

The math

How to convert W incandescent to W LED

Incandescent watts follow a table: 40 W = 450 lm, 60 W = 800 lm, 100 W = 1,600 lm. LED watts = lumens ÷ 90.

Example: 100 W incandescent = 17.7778 W LED.

Every unit

That light from every kind of bulb

Tables

W incandescent to W LED conversion table

W incandescent to W LED conversion table
W incandescentW LED
25 W incandescent2.77778 W LED
40 W incandescent5 W LED
60 W incandescent8.88889 W LED
75 W incandescent12.2222 W LED
100 W incandescent17.7778 W LED
150 W incandescent28.8889 W LED
200 W incandescent43.3333 W LED
W LED to W incandescent conversion table
W LED to W incandescent conversion table
W LEDW incandescent
2.78 W LED25.015 W incandescent
5 W LED40 W incandescent
8.89 W LED60.005 W incandescent
12.2 W LED74.9 W incandescent
17.8 W LED100.1 W incandescent
28.9 W LED150.038 W incandescent
43.3 W LED199.885 W incandescent

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many W LED is 100 W incandescent?
100 W incandescent is 17.7778 W LED.

The units

About these units

Incandescent watts (W incandescent)

The old bulb’s wattage, from the Energy Star equivalence table.

LED watts (W LED)

An LED bulb, about 90 lm/W.

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