[Shop-talk] Halogen replacement bulbs

[Doug Braun]

I sure hope there is a typo in the light's description on Amazon!  It says
that the lamp has 350 lumens of output.
A 60-watt incandescent light bulb puts out about 800 lumens.

Doug

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Brad Kahler <bkahler1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A while back I was asking about replacement bulbs or similar for the
> halogen shop lights.  I never get more than a few hours of use of the
> halogen bulbs before I have to replace them.
>
> Last week I ordered one of these LED shop lights from Amazon and was
> pleasantly surprised at how much light it put out.
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0072CK57C?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00
>
> I had it sitting side by side with one of my halogen lights and I would
> estimate it was probably about 2/3s as bright as the halogen light.  I
> don't know if my halogen was a 300 or 500 watt light but overall I was
> impressed with the LED light output.