LED house lights

[Wingwalker]

A quick question for the electricians out there

I have just fitted a 22w streamline led in my basement the light output seems very good I was just wondering what the equivalent wattage of an incandescent bulb would be.

The site I bought it off gave no indication of a wattage equivalent just Lumens and Lux

these figures were

Lumens 1160

Lux @ 1m 580

Lux @ 3m 168

Lux @ 5m 72

Lumens and Lux don't mean a lot to me so a wattage value would help me as I plan to buy some more and a better understanding of wattage equivalents would help me choose the correct size lamps

Thanks in advance

Ian

 

[Summiteer]

There is good info on this page regarding wattage/lumen output of incandescents and CFL lamps.


Light output is measured in “lumens.” A 100-W standard incandescent bulb produces about 1680 lumens, where as a 25-W compact fluorescent lamp produces about 1750 lumens. While the two bulbs produce virtually the same amount of light, the compact fluorescent lamp does so using only a quarter of the energy consumed by the standard incandescent.