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I thought that based on the amount of lumens it produces
by strombofulous 6y ago
I thought that based on the amount of lumens it produces
- pmiller2 6y agoIt is, and that's the point: you can screw a 60W equivalent LED into any socket where you previously had a 60W incandescent and have about the same amount of light for a much lower energy cost.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoNot everywhere -- LEDs aren't always dimmer switch compatible, and mismatched bulbs on a shared circuit will have weird interactions.
- ars 6y agoYou'd think so. But I've seen LEDs that are kind of like spotlights and they market them as the wattage based on the brightness under the spotlight not the total lumens it produces. Only in the fine print do they disclose how many actual lumens.
- ryandrake 6y agoSo why not use the actual measurement that the customer is interested in: The light quantity? Power consumption (W) seems to be the wrong measurement since you're comparing apples to oranges.
- curryst 6y agoAre they just basing it on lumens? There might be more interplay, i.e. if you can get by with fewer lumens if you emit in a different wavelength.