Will you choose a light bulb?

When shopping for lighting, you can now use the Lighting Facts label and lumens to compare bulbs and purchase a bulb with the amount of brightness you want.

The Lighting Facts Label

The Federal Trade Commission requires the Lighting Facts label on all light bulb packages to help co nsumers easily compare energy-efficient bulbs. The label includes:

Brightness, measured in lumens

Estimated yearly energy cost (similar to the EnergyGuide label)

Lifespan

Light appearance (from warm to cool)

Light appearance, measured by correlated color temperature (CCT) on the Kelvin (K) scale, from warm to cool.

Like the helpful nutrition label on food products, the Lighting Facts label helps you to understand exactly what you are buying and to buy the lightbulbs that are right for you.

Lumens: A New Way to Shop for Light

In the past, we bought lightbulbs ba sed on how much energy, or watts, they use. Wouldn't it make more sense to buy lights ba sed on how much light they provide?

When you're shopping for lightbulbs, you can choose your next lightbulb for the brightness you want by slit lumens instead of watts. A lumen is a measure of the amount of brightness of a lightbulb -- the higher the number of brightness of the lightbulb The lightbulb.

If you're replacing an inefficient 100W bulb, look for an energy-saving bulb that puts out a bout 1600 lumens. To replac a 60W equivalent, look for a bulb with a bout

So when you're looking for a new bulb, look for lumens -- or how bright the bulb is. Now that's a pretty bright idea!

The translation is as follows:

When you are shopping for lighting products, you can now compare the lumens values ​​on the parameter labels attached to the lighting products to select the products you want to buy.

Lighting parameter label

The Federal Trade Commission requires that the content on the lighting facts label on all bulb packages can easily help consumers compare energy-saving bulbs. The label content includes:

• Brightness, the lumen value obtained from the actual test.

• Estimated annual energy savings

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• Light color (from warm to cool) is measured by the correlated color temperature (CCT) unit is Kelvin (K), from the warm color of low color temperature to the cool color of high color temperature.

Just like the label on the nutrition, the lighting parameter label can help you accurately understand the bulb you purchased and how to buy the bulb that suits you best.

Lumens: A new way to pick lamps

Previously, we bought bulbs based on how much energy was consumed or the number of watts consumed. Is it more meaningful to discern how much luminous flux a light bulb can emit? When you are ready to buy a light bulb, you can choose the light bulb you want to buy based on the brightness, not the wattage of the light. The lumen value is a measure of the brightness of a light bulb - the higher the lumen count, the brighter the light bulb. If you replace the previously low-energy 100W bulb, choose an energy-saving bulb that can output 1600 lumens of light. Instead of 60W, buy one that can output 800 lumens. So when you are preparing to buy a new light bulb, focus on the lumen value - the brighter light bulb. This is a good way!

Seeing this information on the US Department of Energy website, it is very intuitive to tell consumers how to pick and do the training. If the domestic industry alliance can also be considered for consumers in this way, our industry will develop better! Of course, how to choose a light bulb is not just based on the amount of light flux.