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08-13-04 | 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bunabayashi

I'm not certain the two are interchangeable as a unit of measurement. Candlepower is an expression of Lumens (1,000,000 Candlepower=12,566,370 Lumens), whereas 'watts' are a measurement of resistance.

Yep, X-watts to a different filament or gas will produce different Lumens.
Like xenon gas lamp compared to an incandescent vacuum bulb.

This is probably correct " (1,000,000 Candlepower=12,566,370 Lumens).

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