Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
We have several ceiling fans which all use, unfortunately, candelabra base bulbs. LED candelabra bulbs don't put out enough light. 60w incand bulbs are rated at nearly 800 lumens and I've never found LED's brighter than 550 even though they're rated at 60w equivalent. If you've ever seen 75w LED's with the small bases, please tell me where.


Come to think of it I can't recall ever seeing even incandescent decorative light bulbs with a small bases rated any higher than 60 watts.

As to the lumen ratings of medium base incandescent vs LED, Walmart advertises at least one of their store branded 60 watt equiv. LED bulbs at 800 lumens output. Whether it's just advertising hype or not, I don't know.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Va...UB&visitor_id=beWP4Z5fxv1VOPa5_BEXlo