DIY – Lighting – How To Compare Bulbs

So many people are used to thinking about wattage, they forget that word doesn’t measure brightness, but power consumption. They think of needing a brighter bulb, so they seek one that’s a higher number of watts. But that relationship only holds for incandescent bulbs (and, to a degree, halogens). When, as is more and more often the case today, fluorescents or LEDs enter the picture, the situation can become confusing.

Read more