Lumen measures the overall light intensity


Posted July 11, 2016 by AbbieBell22

Conversely, if you take the example of a normal light bulb which emits equally in all directions, you will find that it has a low candlepower-to-lumen ratio,

 
Lumen measures the overall light intensity emitted at the source, while candlepower measures the intensity of the brightest part of the beam of light. Thus, it is possible to have a light-source with a high lumen rating, but a low candlepower rating, and vice versa. To get your head around this concept, take the example of a laser source. A laser source emits an extremely focused beam of light (laser). A powerful laser could have a light intensity that is so high that it could burn a hole in the target. However, even the most powerful laser would hardly be of any use in lighting up a dark room. A laser displays these contradictory characteristics, because even though a laser has a high light intensity in one direction, it has very little light intensity in the remaining ones. The narrower the beam of light, the higher its candlepower-to-lumen ratio will be. In other words, a laser has a high candlepower rating, but a low lumen rating.
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