[USMA:54449] Re: Lumens on Lighting Packages

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So much the better!  I haven't bought incandescent bulbs in about ten 
years (CFLs last so much longer), so I didn't know that the lumen 
information had been included on those packages as well.  Also, the 
packages show the light "warmth" in degrees Kelvin.  That is very useful 
as my eyes want the brighter ("daylight") light to read small print.

A correction: Lumens weren't introduced for CFLs.  They have been on 
incandescent bulb packages for a decade or more.  Granted, they are more 
important for CFLs and LEDs, as the watts tell you nothing about the 
amount of light across technologies, but they are not recent. Remember, 
you are buying lumens and paying for watts to get those lumens.  An 
electric heater can be 1500 W and no lumens at all.  -- John Steele