The Planted Tank Forum - View Single Post - Comparison of Lighting Types (Lumens and Watts)

Safado · 12-15-2005, 11:34 PM

This is a great article! I did have one question though. The caveat it I know very little about lighting, and its measurements. Is this saying that in order to get the same ammount of light from LEDs as 40 watts of T12 I would need 91 watts worth of LEDs? I am having a hard time believing this, as my one watt LED headlamp is enough to blind you. I can't imagine 90 of these.

I guess I am asking more about what is a lumen. Isn't it a measurement of how much light we can see?

12-15-2005, 11:34 PM	#4
Safado Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 504	This is a great article! I did have one question though. The caveat it I know very little about lighting, and its measurements. Is this saying that in order to get the same ammount of light from LEDs as 40 watts of T12 I would need 91 watts worth of LEDs? I am having a hard time believing this, as my one watt LED headlamp is enough to blind you. I can't imagine 90 of these. I guess I am asking more about what is a lumen. Isn't it a measurement of how much light we can see? __________________ 10g with shrimp 55g First true attempt at a planted tank.