How to Choose the Right Light Bulb!

You can make good savings by switching from the old light bulbs to the new low energy LED bulbs.

Many have had some difficulty figuring out which bulb to choose.

The first low energy bulbs to hit the market were imperfect to say the least! The light was cold and sharp and not terribly well-suited for indoor lighting in our homes.

Fortunately today we have some really good LED bulbs that light up fast and give a pleasant light.

Do You Have Issues Figuring Out the Brightness of the New Light Bulbs, too?

Earlier we determined the brightness of a light bulb from the wattage.

25, 40 and 60 Watt were well-known terms and you always knew what to look and ask for, when out buying a new light bulb. - It was easy and straight forward. But then the low energy bulb arrived and those days where numbered.

Watt Is No Longer a Useful Measurement for the Brightness of a Bulb!

With the new light bulbs we are in a new situation, where watt is no longer a useful measurement to determine the brightness of a light bulb.

What is one to think, when looking at a bulb set at 2.8 Watt? It can fast turn your hair grey.

But what is one to do, when one does no longer know how to determine the brightness of a light bulb? Here a new measurement enters the picture!

When watt is no longer a useful measurement for the brightness of a light bulb, then one must use the direct measurement of brightness called Lumen. Lumen says something about how much light a given light bulb emits and this will be the defining measurement as the wattage to brightness is dependent on the type of light bulb.

Here You Will Find the Corresponding Lumen Values to the Old Wattage.

The wattage of the incandescent light bulb corresponds to the following brightness of the new LED bulbs  (Lumen will normally be shortend Lm on the packing of the light bulb.)

• 15 Watt corresponds to about 140 Lumen (Lm)
• 25 Watt corresponds to about  250 Lumen (Lm)
• 35 Watt corresponds to about 350 Lumen (Lm)
• 40 Watt corresponds to about 470 Lumen (Lm)
• 60 Watt corresponds to about 800 Lumen (Lm)
• 75 Watt corresponds to about 1.050 Lumen (Lm)
• 100 Watt corresponds to about 1.520 Lumen (Lm)

LED Bulbs Has the Best Light

There is much different between types of light. A good and well-known example is the fluorescent lamp, which emits a cold blue light, which is not terribly well-suited for the living room. This difference in light is dependent on what is called the colour temperature. Colour temperature is measured in Kelvin. Sunlight has a colour temperature of 5500 Kelvin. The good old incandescent light bulb was at 2700 Kelvin. The optimal Kelvin value for the private home is about 3000 Kelvin.

Nowadays there are a number of different types of light bulbs, but we recommend the LED type of light bulb. LED is short for Light-Emitting Diode. They have the advantage of being between 3000 and 4000 Kelvin, having a good colour reproduction and having the same shape as an incandescent light bulb, which allows it to fit into the common lamp designs.

If you are looking for a good light bulb that is similar to a 60 Watt incandescent light bulb, then you should choose one at 800 Lumen and 3000 Kelvin. This should give you good lighting.

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