Equivalent watts, Actual watts, and Lumens

Note in the picture below, we have 3 different 60 watt equivalent bulbs. Each of them will now actually consume 10.5 watts which will decrease your cost of operation about 82%. Each of them will produce about 800 Lumens. Lumens as you may recall is the Brightness of the bulb and can be associated with the old output wattage that we used to pick bulbs.

Rule of thumb:

?An older 100 watt (W) incandescent bulb would give you about 1600 lumens.

If you want something dimmer, go for less lumens; if you prefer brighter light, look for more lumens.

?75W bulb gives you about 1100 lumens

?60W bulb gives you about 800 lumens

?40W bulb gives you about 450 lumens

Now for Color.

Typically for residential lighting you will find color in a range from 2700K to 5000K which will be under the heading of Light Appearance. In the picture below we have three 60 watt, 800 lumen bulbs but with three different colors. On the far left is a 2700K warm color which would be very close to the yellowish light that a regular old incandescent bulb would produce, in the middle is a 3000K which is a little Cooler or a little Whiter as I have described it before, and then to the far right a 5000K which is typically the Coolest light available in this type of lighting. This is very white almost a Bluish tint in my opinion. It seems to work well in lamps that are used for craft projects and or reading lamps.

As we have discussed before LED lighting is leading our way to the future well beyond the CFL (Compact Florescent Lighting) that was touted only a year ago by the utilities.

Although still a little pricey compared to old incandescent lights the LED product is so much better.

Left to Right PHI433227, PHI429381 & PHI433235