How to replace your low energy bulbs with LEDs?

Sometimes it is difficult to choose the correct equivalence between our old and new lamps, concretely when we try to change a low energy bulb for an LED bulb. We hope this guide will help you.

You will find below several tables that group the equivalences between the various technologies. We obviously compare LED technology, the latter being the most current. At the end of this article, you will find a table comparing all existing technologies. Do these tables mean that you cannot choose a Watt above or below? Not. These tables are examples that allow you to understand the equivalences between technologies, but you are free to choose the Watts you want.

Low Consumption Bulb (CFL) vs. LED Bulb

The equivalence between different lighting technologies is often complicated to understand because it is not indicated on the packaging. The low energy bulb has made its way into the market and has led to considerable energy savings. However, the era of LED has arrived, this technology allows even more savings and does not contain toxic substances. LED offers up to 40% energy savings compared to low energy light bulbs.

Wattage low energy bulb	Wattage equivalent LED
22 W	12 W
15 W	9 W
9 W	5.5 W
5 W	2 W

All technologies vs LED

Since we have indicated the equivalences between CFL bulbs and LED, we thought that it would also be useful to explain equivalences with other technologies. Thus, we hope you can easily see the possible energy savings with LED. This technology saves the most energy and money in your home, office or warehouse.

Wattage incandescent bulb	Wattage halogen bulb	Wattage low consumption bulb (CFL)	Wattage Sodium bulb	Wattage fluorescent tube	Wattage LED
-	-	-	-	-	200 Watt
-	-	-	200 Watt	-	100 Watt
-	-	-	-	-	80 Watt
-	-	-	150 Watt	-	60 Watt
-	-	-	70 Watt	-	30 Watt
-	-	-	-	70 Watt	24 Watt
150 Watt	-	33 Watt	-	58 Watt	22 Watt
-	100 Watt	28 Watt	-	36 Watt	18 Watt
-	-	25 Watt	-	-	13 Watt
100 Watt	-	22 Watt	-	-	12 Watt
-	75 Watt	18 Watt	-	-	11 Watt
-	60 Watt	16 Watt	-	-	10 Watt
75 Watt	50 Watt	15 Watt	-	20 Watt	9 Watt
-	40 Watt	-	-	-	8 Watt
60 Watt	-	13 Watt	-	-	7.5 Watt
50 Watt	30 Watt	11 Watt	-	-	6 Watt
40 Watt	-	9 Watt	-	-	5.5 Watt
-	-	-	-	-	5 Watt
30 Watt	-	8 Watt	-	-	4 Watt
25 Watt	-	7 Watt	-	-	3 Watt
-	-	5 Watt	-	-	2 Watt
9 Watt	-	-	-	-	1 Watt

We hope this table is clear enough!

Here are two examples to understand the use of this table:

For example, if the bulb you need to replace is a 75W incandescent lamp and you replace it with a halogen bulb, you will have to choose a 50W bulb (or the one that comes closest to it). However, if the bulb to be replaced is a 25W CFL and you want to replace it with an LED, you can simply choose a 12W LED bulb and you're done.

Note that this chart is a guide to better understand the equivalences but it does not mean that you cannot choose a lamp with a Watt more or less.

Please also note that in this article we only mention the power of bulbs, not the cap or the colors to which you should also pay attention when choosing a new led light bulbs.

We hope this guide helps you better understand equivalences