lumen. noun. lu\u00b7\u200bmen \u02c8l\u00fc-m\u0259n. plural lumens also lumina -m\u0259-n\u0259 :\u00a0a unit of light quantity equal to the light on a unit surface\u00a0all points of which are at a unit distance from a point source of light having a strength of one candle.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n That was the definition in simple<\/em> terms. Okay, I’ll try to convert lumens, but tell me, Oh wise Merriam-Webster, what does one lumen equal in terms of watts?.<\/p>\n One lumen is roughly\u00a0the light of one candle shining on a one-foot square from one foot away.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I was tempted to ask where the candle aisle was.<\/p>\n Finally, I picked up a box of LED bulbs without knowing how many watts or whether\u00a0 they would work in the dining room fixture where we needed them. Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t know LED bulbs come in \u201cdimmable\u201d and \u201cundimmable” varieties. Which made me feel pretty dim when I got home.<\/p>\n Epilogue:<\/u><\/p>\n The bulbs were too bright in our dining room and not dimmable. So I traded them to our neighbor for his incandescent bulbs which were left over from his<\/em> last Costco run. He had stopped using them, and switched his whole house to LEDs, because his Costco incandescents were less energy-efficient and he is very environmentally aware. But I figured the amount of energy it took me to buy and try LEDs actually made incandescents more<\/em> energy-efficient.<\/p>\n Stay tuned for my next lesson in home improvement when I\u2019ll teach you what I\u2019ve learned about R-values while replacing our attic insulation. Hint: the old pieces of styrofoam you\u2019ve saved from shipping boxes are probably just fine.<\/p>\n Ruminating on (il)luminating I\u2019ve been away from light bulb shopping for a while. The little storage cabinet in our house had a nice supply of normal light bulbs which, like everything we buy at Costco, came in generous quantities. Unlike the Costco bags of lemons or garlic cloves which trick you into thinking they are […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"ultimate](\"https:\/\/www.thelightbulb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ultimate-guide-led-lights-leds-vs-incandescents-1-1.png\")
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