How many candles do I need?

Posted January 5th, 2010 in the Candles category.


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I want to replace my 75 watt bulb in the desk lamp with a candle stick. How much light does each candle give off? So how many candles would I need to replace the 75 watt light bulb?

3 Responses to “How many candles do I need?”

  1. Ivan A, on January 5th, 2010 at 2:01 pm Said:

    A typical luminous efficacy of a 75 watt incandescent light bulb is 15 lumens/watts. Now, a typical candle produces about 0.15 lumens/watt. So, you need about 100 candles to produce a similar luminosity than a 75 Watts lamp, although the spectral characteristics will be very very different as the candle burns at a much lower temperature than the light bulb.

    In other words, forget about it. You will just add an unnecessary fire hazard.

  2. Tony Q, on January 8th, 2010 at 5:19 pm Said:

    according to mfg an incandescent bulb inside frosted 60w output is 840 lumens, 75w output is 1150 lumens

    1 foot-candle is defined as a candle intensity 1 ft away generated 10.764 lumens per m^2

    therefore no.of candles equivalent to 75 watt bulb is

    x = 1150/10.764 = 106.84

  3. nasedoofantar, on January 8th, 2010 at 7:59 pm Said:

    depends greatly on the type of candle but 10 of those little ones than come in foil tins are very bright

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