Find best 10 electrical contractors - Help Center - Repair & Service Guide - Some lights, like HPS, have a factor that reduces the lumen amount. LED, on the other hand, typically has a factor > 1. The factor is used to adjust the effective value of the lumen, either up or down from the advertised photopic lumen advertised on the package. The factor, developed by scientists, is an attempt to level the playing field. Therefore, less lumens is required to do the job. The science of scotopic lumens is associated with a factor that allows us to adjust the photopic value to give a true representation of how useful the lumens are. 7, which means the lumens it is producing is far more effective to us. Blogs on electrical breakers from local technicians giving advice over forum pages on outdoor lighting repair, light fixtures services, light fixtures installation ..More
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The Truth About Lumens: Uncovered
Why is it you can replace some lights with more ‘advertised’ lumens with a LED light with less lumens. Here are 4 reasons:
1. Focused Lumens:
LED light is directional, conventional light sources are omnidirectional and require reflectors to gather the light and focus it to where it is needed. Any reflection that is over 1 bounce effectively loses the effect of the lumen. It has been proven that you can lose up to 30% of the effective lumens in this process.
The science of scotopic lumens is associated with a factor that allows us to adjust the photopic value to give a true representation of how useful the lumens are. The factor, developed by scientists, is an attempt to level the playing field. The factor is used to adjust the effective value of the lumen, either up or down from the advertised photopic lumen advertised on the package. Some lights, like HPS, have a factor that reduces the lumen amount. LED, on the other hand, typically has a factor > 1.7, which means the lumens it is producing is far more effective to us. Therefore, less lumens is required to do the job.
We have been very successful replacing 400W Metal Halide bulbs with our 18W LED tube, producing 1900 lumens, compared to a 32W 4 ft fluorescent tube, producing close to 2900 lumens. The main reason is all our lumens are coming straight down, where as only a small portion of the fluorescent tube is coming down and the majority of the light is requiring a reflector to gather it and shine it downwards. After many projects, our customers tell us that it is brighter and feels better than working underneath fluorescent lighting