Its been awhile for me as well but, I believe the current standard is
defined as the luminous intensity of a 1/60 sq cm area of a piece of
platinum heated to its melting point. IE the intensity of a 100 watt
incandescent lamp is about 100 candles. just my $0.02 worth.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Woodruff, Jason P" <Jason.Woodruff@West.Boeing.com>
To: "DML (E-mail)" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:28 PM
Subject: DML: Wattage vs candlepower?
> Candle power is total light. When focused you get higher intensity which
is
> candlepower/area. The intensity is what makes a light look bright. As
you
> know the wider the beam the less intense the light is. The 1million
> candlepower lights tend to be too focused for driving lights, but use what
> you need.
>
> As for wattage to candlepower, you need some sort of efficiency factor in
> there to be able to compare different types of bulbs, leds etc. Hence
> higher effency the more candlepower you get per watt.
>
> Hope that helps, my Physics book is packed away too.
>
> Jay W
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> --from sean---
> Watts are a measure of energy. Candlepower is a measure of luminance (how
> much light). You are trying to compare two different types of
measurements.
> There is probably a correlation between the two, but I can not find
anything
> here.
>
> ---from Jon---
> I'm a bit confused about wattage vs. candlepower when referring to
lights.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a correlation between the two.
>
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