Imagine the following case: You are looking for a high-quality LED light bulb for your living room as you browse the aisles of your neighbourhood superstore. You suddenly find yourself drawn to an LED light, but you notice that it is labelled "100-watt equal." You are unsure if a 100-watt equivalent LED bulb would work with your light fixture as it is only certified to handle 60 watts. What ought you to do? Do you want to choose this bulb or go on?
So, if you like it, feel free to add it to your shopping cart. A 60-watt fixture may securely accommodate a 100-watt equivalent LED bulb. In fact, if you want, you may use a 125-watt equivalent bulb.
Surprised?
Never be. That's because even while the label says "100-watt equal," it doesn't always indicate that the LED bulb uses 100 watts of power. Instead, it indicates that the quantity of light produced by this bulb is equivalent to the amount produced by a 100 watt incandescent bulb.
When a light socket has a warning like "don't go over 60 watts," it alludes to the dangers of using incandescent bulbs' excessive amounts of energy. You see, incandescent lights waste a lot of energy in addition to using a lot of it. Or, to put it another way, a bigger portion of the energy they utilise is wasted, which is why they use so much of it.
Therefore, you should not exceed the 60 watt restriction while using an incandescent bulb. If you do, your bulb can cease operating or your socket might get broken.
However, with an LED light bulb, everything is different. You may safely put a 100-watt equivalent LED light bulb into such a socket because they lose very little energy.
This brings up another important point: Why are LED light bulbs more energy-efficient than incandescent ones?
Compared to LED light bulbs, incandescent bulbs generate a far wider spectrum of radiation, and as a result, they require a lot more energy. They produce non-visible radiation in addition to visible light, including as infrared, UV, and other wavelengths. LED light bulbs, on the other hand, only produce radiation that is visible to the unaided eye.
Choose LED light bulbs based more on lumens than watts when buying. Lumens are the appropriate unit of measurement for the entire quantity of light that a light source emits that is visible to the human eye. To give you an idea, a 60-watt incandescent bulb emits the same amount of light as an 800 Lumen LED bulb.
The CRI rating of LED light bulbs is another factor to consider when buying them. Colour rendering index, or CRI, assesses how colours appear under artificial light compared to natural light. The CRI rating should be higher. On a scale of 0 to 100, this index is measured; you should always strive for a CRI rating of 90. Anything less will result in a reduction in the quality of the light. You'll be happy to learn that only LED light bulbs with a CRI rating of 90 or better are offered for sale at LiquidLEDs.
The kind of LED light bulbs you use in your house can have a significant impact on how the interior looks. The colour rendering index (CRI) is responsible for this. In comparison to bulbs at the lower end of the CRI scale, bulbs with a higher CRI rating (90 and above) offer a far more accurate colour depiction of the surroundings. In plain English, high CRI-rated lights make your interior area bright and clear. The surroundings' things appear to be as they would in daylight. Additionally, extended exposure to bulbs with lower CRI ratings may result in moderate headaches or eye strain. As a result, only choose LED bulbs with a CRI value of 90 or above.
