For example the halogen that replaces the old 100-watt bulb uses 72 watts. The one that replaces the old 75-watt uses about 52 or 53 watts and the replacement for the old 60-watt uses 42 or 43 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new law now in effect prohibits light bulb manufacturers from producing traditional incandescent 75-watt light bulbs. (One-hundred watt bulbs were outlawed last year, and ...

The 75-watt would improve or disappear on Jan. 1, 2013, the 60-watt and 40-watt on the first day of 2014. View full size AP file The new halogen bulbs look like an ordinary household bulb ...

The old 100-watt and 75-watt incandescents are already gone, their sales ended by a federal energy bill signed six years ago by President George W. Bush. That bill staggered the phaseouts, and now ...

An equivalent 72-watt halogen bulb has 1,490 lumens, which means it provides the same amount of brightness as the 100-watt incandescent. Consider where the bulb will be used.

The 75-watt incandescent bulb goes away in 2013, and a year later it's lights out for 60- and 40-watt bulbs. Here is a guide to how to choose replacement lightbulbs, which are being continually ...