Would you have use for candelabra bulbs that were energy saving (CFL or LED), yet produced 75+ watt light equivalent?

No, because I ate my vegetables when I was a kid and don’t have a “Daylight only” restriction on my drivers license.

Seriously though, like many people, my home lighting is 40W-equivalent for multi-bulb fixtures or small areas with 60W units in areas where a single bulb has to illuminate a fairly large area. Multi-bulb fixtures generally take lower wattage bulbs than single-bulb fixtures because multiple bulbs are brighter than a single bulb; three 40W bulbs in a chandelier easily put out the light of a single 75W bulb.

Most lights are either 40W or 60W or equivalent because there truly is little demand for 75W or higher bulbs these days, at least not for interior lighting. They do make them, but they aren’t terribly popular (and thus harder to find; few places carry stuff that doesn’t sell well) because the lower wattage bulbs are plenty bright enough for most people.

TL:DR – it’s lack of demand.

Amazon, yo.

If the candelabra is on a dimmer then 75W equivalent is totally reasonable, dim for the praty and all the way up for the cleaning session…

I suspect the higher power bulbs in that format are late coming because it’s been a challenge to get the heat out of such a small package – but they’re getting better and better at LED efficiency and at bulb design to overcome that.

Custom. Candelabra bulbs are generally used for accent, not for lighting. That’s why they have the cutesy shape instead of being round like normal bulbs. And since their primary use is accent lighting, high wattage candelabras are pretty rare.

This means that your average Ace Hardware (or Target, or Wal-Mart) isn’t going to have them in stock. Lowes or Home Depot might. You may have to end up going to a lighting store (there’s a great one near me) and get the bulb there.

Get a couple of more decades from “when I was a kid” @jerv, and get back to me. I bought 125 watt equivalent standard CFL at Menard’s just 2 weeks ago.

Thanks, @wildpotato! I think the second option is doable.

Yes, @dabbler, both the heat and the energy draw are concerns here, in a 3 bulb, enclosed fixture. Come to think of it, early on in the CFL craze I found some that would physically fit, but there was serious delay in the light coming on and they were stark white.

My other candelabra bulbs are 5–6 bulb ceiling fixtures, @elbanditoroso. As they are 25–40 watt bulbs, I can only guess that they are designed to provide more cumulative light than a standard 2–3 fixture without hurting your eyes, i.e. 6 40w bulbs = 240w.

There’s a place you should know about. Google 1000 bulbs.com

Awesome, @stanleybmanly.