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Light Bulb Savings Calculator

Compare LED, incandescent and CFL bulbs on yearly energy plus replacement cost, and see your LED savings.

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Light Bulb Savings Calculator is free to use as often as you like, directly from this page. Its place is under Energy & power; Heat pump savings calculator and Light travel time calculator answer the questions closest to this one.

How to use it

  1. Open the tool — no signup or install needed.
  2. Enter your input or adjust the available options.
  3. Get your result instantly, then copy or download it.

Frequently asked questions

What does Light Bulb Savings Calculator do?

Compare LED, incandescent and CFL bulbs on yearly energy plus replacement cost, and see your LED savings.

When would I actually use this?

Putting a number on a bill: what an appliance costs to run, whether a solar array covers the load, and how much heating a room actually needs.

What is the most common mistake?

Confusing power with energy. A kilowatt is a rate and a kilowatt-hour is a quantity; a 2 kW heater on for half an hour uses 1 kWh, and only the second figure appears on a bill.

How is Light Bulb Savings Calculator different from Heat pump savings calculator?

They sit next to each other but answer different questions: Heat pump savings calculator is the one to open when you need it to what a heat pump costs to run against your current boiler, from your own fuel bill: the heat you actually need, the electricity a given SCOP would draw, the yearly difference and the payback. Plus the one number that decides it — the electricity price above which the heat pump stops being cheaper. Pick whichever matches what you're starting from — both are free.

Is there a tool for the next step?

Light travel time calculator is the closest one after this: Find how long light takes to travel a distance in space.

What else is worth having open alongside it?

LED savings calculator and Appliance Energy Cost Calculator — they come up in the same task often enough to be worth a second tab.

Where do the figures come from?

The arithmetic is exact for the rating and the tariff you enter. Nameplate wattage is a maximum, not an average, and solar output depends on latitude, orientation and shading that no formula can guess.

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