Buy the replacement 72 watt halogen incandescent which has the same lumen output and 5000 hrs avg. life.
Interesting.
Thanks good advice I should look into those.
Do they get hot?
About 10 years ago I brought home a floor lamp, one of those with the light at the top. It had a halogen bulb, one of those maybe 4” horizontally mounted narrow glass rod types which mounts with contacts at each end - at some point I replaced the bulb and seemed to have put in one which was too bright - it got just blistering hot. Smelled like it would burn the place down, and I never tried one again.
Do you use a newer model, one of those 100w equivalent? Do they have one with a true watt measure less than 100 (thus within the new guideline) which is actually brighter than a 100w?
That I could go for, if it’s brighter than a 100w incandescent, but doesn’t get terribly hot.
I’ll have to review what’s available next time I’m in a bulb aisle.