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Rant: when are we going to stop using watts as a unit for lightbulb "brightness?" The actual unit we care about is only implied by saying "60 watt equivalent."
by officialjunk 14y ago
Rant: when are we going to stop using watts as a unit for lightbulb "brightness?" The actual unit we care about is only implied by saying "60 watt equivalent." :(
- tiziano88 14y agoBrightness: 800 lumens
- lutusp 14y agoIt's technically questionable, but the alternatives require units with which the public may be unfamiliar. A "better" unit in some cases might be lumens per watt, but this still doesn't help an unsophisticated consumer choose a replacement for a 60W incandescent bulb.
- cjensen 14y agoYep. 60W incandescent bulbs do not all have the same lumen output, which leads to LED makers claiming "60W equivalent" when they really mean "equivalent to a lousy 60W bulb".