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amelius an hour ago

So a 250W LED? Note: real wattage.

Wow, that's ridiculous.

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black_knight an hour ago | parent [-]

Like four old filament light bulbs!

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amelius an hour ago | parent | next [-]

In real wattage, yes.

Converted to light emitted by traditional light bulbs, it's more like 40 bulbs of 60W.

https://ledhut.co.uk/blogs/news/led-equivalent-wattages-agai...

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nuxi 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The regular ones were up to 100W, but it was possible to buy the high-wattage ones (up to 300W I think?), intended for older appartments with very high ceilings and similar.

It's crazy to think how much electricity was spent just for lighting not so long ago.

	▲	kragen 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr-eZ_pLTNI shows a 30000W incandescent lightbulb the dude bought. I think it was intended for a lighthouse. Much higher wattages were available as arc lights.