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What is the highest wattage incandescent bulbs made, that will fit a
standard socket? Normally the highest I see in most stores is 150W.
But I used to work at a school and they had 300W bulbs in their lobby
fixtures. I seem to recall seeing 500W bulbs when I was a kid in the
60s. But it seems to me they may have had larger bases.

I am asking this because I just want to know, but also because I am
wondering how high the compact florescents will go. I just saw a CF
bulb that claims to be equivalent to 150W but uses 42w.

Mark

normally 300 watts, 300 sometimes limited to mogul that oversized base.

home depot locally carries 250 watt lamps.

the CFare a good deal but dont last nearl;y as long as advertised,
still they run cool and save lots of energy