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To: lepton
I agree with your math and I too would like to see them rated in lumen. According to the web site, they seem to be relating it to the output of a 100W incandesant bulb, though even that is suspect:
"Our premium 10-watt EcoLED white light bulb that replaces a 100-watt regular bulb. Lasts 50,000 hours and saves you nearly $450 in electricity over its life*.".

36 posted on 05/23/2007 11:19:57 AM PDT by Freeport
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To: Freeport
I agree with your math and I too would like to see them rated in lumen. According to the web site, they seem to be relating it to the output of a 100W incandesant bulb, though even that is suspect:

"Our premium 10-watt EcoLED white light bulb that replaces a 100-watt regular bulb. Lasts 50,000 hours and saves you nearly $450 in electricity over its life*."

Assuming this is a apples to apples comparison they must mean that the light output (lumens) of the 10 watt LED is equal to the light output of a 100 watt incandescent. That would be about 1700 lumens.

The MTBF would also have to be taken into consideration when doing a cost comparison analysis.

67 posted on 05/23/2007 12:10:14 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (NY Times: "fake but accurate")
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