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Originally Posted by masraum
Not specifically about the example above with the 240W light bar. I haven't bought or thought about LED light bars for vehicles so I don't know how those are sold.
LEDs for homes, in my experience, are sold with their "incandescent equivalent" wattage prominently marked on the box.
If you have 300million folks used to buying 60W bulbs, and suddenly what they see are 9-12W bulbs, they are going to be VERY confused. So LEDs, at least for home use, are sold differently than incandescent. I think the CFL bulbs were also the same when they came out.
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For sure. Im honestly curious about the original post though... if a system is sold as using up to 240watts, and you measure it and its not even close and draws 97... that sort of means you got ripped off, right? I *want* my 240 joules per second.
On a macho off road rig's light bar? 240 watts would be... uh... 4 enormous 60 watt bulbs. Nobody that knew nuttin' would be impressed if the box said 240watts of equivalent incandescent bulbs. Maybe for a study group but its not burning up the night on a dark trail.
From what I can tell from boating the big light bars have enough juice to light up all the waves out to about a mile away...