How Many Watts of Electricity does a Table Lamp with Incandescent Bulb use?

Real power-use measurements from a table lamp with incandescent bulb.

By Rob Cockerham |

How Much Power does a Table Lamp with Incandescent Bulb use

Table Lamp with Incandescent Bulb: 69 Watts

Description

  • The power use of a lamp is 100% dependent on the type of lightbulb that is installed. Fluorescent bulbs, or Compact Flurorescent bulbs, or CFLs, are marketed as replacements for the 60, 75 and 100 watt bulbs that they replace. They typically use a fifth of the energy of an incandescent bulb, so 13 watts, 15 watts and 22 watts respectively.
  • This bulb was marked 72 watts

Power Use

  • Watts: 69
  • Kilowatts: 0.069 Kw.

Operation Cost

  • cost per minute: 1 hundredths of one cent (0.01 ¢)
  • cost per hour: 83 hundredths of one cent (1¢)
  • cost per day: 7¢
  • cost per month: $1.26

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Power use of these items was actually tested. Individual items will vary, but these are the actual measurements.