Am I the only one that still has to think in watts vs lumens for light bulbs for brightness?
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Only reason to measure watts is to figure out your lumens to power ratio otherwise it's just lumens.
aug 31, 2025, 5:45 pm • 2 0 • view
But if you grew up knowing the brightness of a 60 watt bulb and you bought 60 watt or 75 watt, that became the defacto measure of brightness
sep 1, 2025, 3:17 am • 2 0 • view
And then they started doing different types of frosting. Bastards.
sep 1, 2025, 3:44 am • 1 0 • view
Sry dude, I grew up adopting cfl bulbs early and switching to LEDs as soon as I could, so I've been pretty much using lumens for a while, I can't recall the last time I bought a regular incandescent.
sep 1, 2025, 3:54 am • 0 0 • view
They don't even sell IC bulbs anymore down here. But I still am thinking "I need a soft 60W for the loo and a clear 150W over the workbench" and then I use the lookup chart at the hardware store to find a suitable lumens range.
sep 1, 2025, 3:59 am • 1 0 • view
Ya know you're right. I'm wrong fuggit they all have the og wattage so really it don't matter.
sep 1, 2025, 4:03 am • 1 0 • view
Not only, Clint. But, it's really better/more precise to use lumens measurement + colour temperature. Cause nowadays wattage of LEDs differs. So, lumens help to avoid confusion & misunderstanding.
aug 31, 2025, 4:41 pm • 0 0 • view
I get why lumen as the unit is better. But I need a table to go x == 75w bulb :)
aug 31, 2025, 4:44 pm • 1 0 • view
I use only ≈ 3500K colour temperature, just simple neutral white (it also called „warm white”). For my eye it's perfect fit for home.
aug 31, 2025, 5:17 pm • 0 0 • view
75W classic lightbulb ≈ 900 lm. Plenty of tables in russian, belarusian language. Just translate, rewrite in english & save for further usage:
aug 31, 2025, 5:11 pm • 0 0 • view
And have to remember which colour temperature is cold/blue-tinged or warm/yellow-tinged
aug 31, 2025, 5:15 pm • 1 0 • view