How Bright are your LED Lights?

A question we often get asked is ‘How bright are your LED Lights?’ and unfortunately with LEDs, this is not straightforward to answer. Conventional lighting based upon incandescent filament bulbs is referred to as having an output in Watts. Most of us have a good understanding of how bright this will be as we are familiar with how much light is given off by, say, a 40W or a 60W bulb.  The problem with LEDs is that they use much, much less power than conventional bulbs for an equivalent light output, so using Watts as a measure of comparing brightness is no longer useful.

LED lights are rated in Lumens which is a direct measurement of brightness rather than power consumption and we’ve created a table at the link below to understand how bright an LED light will be compared with conventional light.

https://www.12voltplanet.co.uk/led-lighting-brightness-guide.html