That's about as bright as the calibrated lamp of many home theater projectors. The bulbs truly blow away incandescent technology in a variety of ways, but possibly none more impressive than how long ...

The incandescent light bulb was born on Jan. 27, 1880, when U.S. inventor Thomas Edison famously patented his “electric lamp.” Others had paved the way, including Canadians Henry Woodward and ...

Yes, incandescent lamps are still with us. A lamp's service life can be extremely brief or it can extend for many hours, days, months, years, or even decades. Theatrical lamps for example are run at ...

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely replaced by LEDs and other lighting technology. However, you still see ...

This undated file photo shows Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp, the first practical light bulb, developed in 1879. Edison used carbonized bamboo for the filament. (AP) ...

Here are some of the most common examples of incandescent and halogen bulbs, and the LED replacements that are designed to mimic them: For a table lamp or other fixture that uses a 60-watt ...

These days, we have LED light bulbs that will last a decade. But it wasn’t so long ago that incandescent lamps were all we had, and they burned out after several months.

FAQ: Incandescent light bulb ban The 75-watt and 100-watt incandescent bulbs have been phased out and starting Jan. 1 light bulb manufacturers can no longer supply the Canadian market with the bulbs.

Beginning January 1, there will be a ban on the incandescent light bulbs, followed by a ban of the 40 watt to 60 watt bulbs on December 31, 2014. This isn’t a new ban, but rather one that has ...

Incandescent bulbs have just stepped into the 21st century. Energy regulations have limited the old traditional light bulb in recent years because of its inefficiencies – so much of the energy ...

Most of us are, slowly but surely, getting rid of old incandescent bulbs and replacing them with LEDs and CFLs, if we haven’t already. If you have a f ...

I have a couple floor lamps with 3-way switches. I bought special 3-way bulbs for them. They were pretty expensive when I bought them a few years ago. They've gone down in price a lot.