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Rob
 
Vajko
 
5/29/2009
 
Flashlight & Worklight Basics
“
it 
 
is
 
important 
 
to
 
define
 
what 
 
you
 
need
 
lighting
 
for
 
or,
 
to
 
phrase
 
it 
 
another
 
way,
 
what 
 
you
 
need
 
the
 
light 
 
to
 
do,
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
answer
 
the
 
question
 
of 
 
which
 
light 
 
is
 
best.
”
 
 
www.nationalsafetyinc.com
 
Page 2
©
 
National
 
Safety,
 
Inc.
 
Flashlight & Work light Basics
Candlepower,
 
Lumens,
 
Xenon,
 
Luminosity,
 
LED…
 
It
 
can
 
all
 
get
 
pretty
 
confusing.
 
What’s
 
what
 
and
 
what’s
 
best?
 
Well,
 
that
 
all
 
depends
 
on
 
a
 
number
 
of 
 
factors.
 
As
 
in
 
most
 
cases,
 
it
 
is
 
important
 
to
 
define
 
what
 
you
 
need
 
lighting
 
for
 
or,
 
to
 
phrase
 
it
 
another
 
way,
 
what
 
you
 
need
 
the
 
light
 
to
 
do,
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
answer
 
the
 
question
 
of 
 
which
 
light
 
is
 
best.
 
So
 
we
 
are
 
going
 
to
 
attempt
 
to
 
try
 
to
 
define
 
some
 
terms
 
and
 
try
 
to
 
make
 
sense
 
of 
 
the
 
difference
 
available
 
in
 
work
 
lights
 
and
 
flashlights
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
help
 
you
 
make
 
the
 
right
 
choice.
 
To
 
turn
 
a
 
screw
 
you
 
need
 
a
 
screwdriver.
 
To
 
pound
 
nails,
 
you
 
need
 
a
 
hammer.
 
Neither
 
can
 
be
 
used
 
very
 
well
 
to
 
do
 
the
 
 job
 
intended
 
for
 
the
 
other.
 
It’s
 
the
 
same
 
with
 
lighting.
 
Defining
 
the
 
terms
 
Candela
 
This
 
measurement
 
of 
 
light
 
intensity
 
has
 
been
 
used
 
to
 
replace
 
candlepower
 
since
 
1948
 
and
 
is
 
slightly
 
more
 
than
 
candlepower
 
(one
 
candlepower
 
is
 
equal
 
to
 
about
 
0.981
 
candela).
 
Strangely
 
enough,
 
you
 
will
 
rarely
 
see
 
lights
 
rated
 
in
 
candela.
 
Candlepower
 
The
 
term
 
“candlepower”
 
though
 
it
 
still
 
shows
 
up
 
on
 
different
 
packages
 
is
 
pretty
 
much
 
obsolete.
 
It
 
was
 
originally
 
defined
 
as
 
the
 
amount
 
of 
 
light
 
generated
 
by
 
one
 
candle
 
weighing
 
1/6
th
 
of 
 
a
 
pound
 
and
 
burning
 
at
 
a
 
certain
 
rate
 
per
 
hour.
1
 
Thus
 
a
 
flashlight
 
that
 
is
 
rated
 
at
 
100
 
candlepower
 
is
 
thought
 
to
 
be
 
a
 
light
 
with
 
the
 
intensity
 
of 
 
100
 
such
 
candles
 
burning
 
at
 
once.
 
Combination
 
LED/Incandescent 
 
This
 
is
 
a
 
bulb
 
that
 
combines
 
LED
 
and
 
Xenon
 
technologies
 
to
 
produce
 
a
 
bulb
 
that
 
has
 
a
 
long
 
running
 
time,
 
that
 
is
 
extremely
 
durable
 
and
 
that
 
is
 
also
 
extremely
 
bright.
 
1
 
The
 
rate
 
has
 
been
 
measured
 
in
 
“grains”
 
using
 
different
 
substances
 
from
 
Spermaceti
 
which
 
is
 
a
 
high
 
quality
 
substance
 
that
 
used
 
to
 
be
 
used
 
to
 
make
 
candles.
 
At
 
other
 
times
 
colza
 
oil
 
was
 
used,
 
others
 
used
 
the
 
carbon
 
filament
 
of 
 
a
 
electric
 
lamp
 
or
 
the
 
output
 
of 
 
a
 
Hefner
 
lamp.
 
For
 
more
 
detailed
 
information
 
on
 
the
 
different
 
ways
 
that
 
candlepower
 
has
 
been
 
measured,
 
see
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlepower.
 
 
www.nationalsafetyinc.com
 
Page 3
©
 
National
 
Safety,
 
Inc.
 
Lumens
 
and
 
Candlepower
 
(Taken
 
from
 
the
 
Streamlight
 
website
 
at
 
http://www.streamlight.com/education/guide.aspx)
 
Incandescent 
 
Incandescent
 
bulbs
 
are
 
bulbs
 
that
 
are
 
filled
 
with
 
xenon,
 
Krypton
 
or
 
halogen
 
gases.
 
Their
 
primary
 
source
 
of 
 
light
 
comes
 
from
 
heat.
 
Most
 
of 
 
the
 
light
 
given
 
off,
 
however,
 
is
 
outside
 
the
 
visible
 
spectrum
 
of 
 
light
 
which
 
makes
 
it
 
less
 
efficient
 
than
 
other
 
forms
 
of 
 
light.
 
•
 
Xenon
 
Bulbs
 
 –
 
Filled
 
with
 
Xenon
 
gas.
 
Extremely
 
bright
 
and
 
easily
 
replaceable
 
•
 
Krypton
 
Bulbs
 
 –
 
Filled
 
with
 
Krypton
 
gas.
 
Economical
 
but
 
not
 
as
 
bright
 
as
 
other
 
options
 
•
 
Halogen
 
Bulbs
 
 –
 
Filled
 
with
 
Halogen
 
gas.
 
Bright,
 
white
 
light.
 
Won’t
 
“Blacken”
 
as
 
much
 
over
 
time
 
as
 
will
 
Xenon
 
and
 
Krypton
 
bulbs.
 
Usually
 
last
 
longer
 
than
 
Xenon
 
bulbs.
 
LED
 
LED
 
stands
 
for
 
“Light
‐
Emitting
 
Diode”.
 
LED
 
lights
 
do
 
not,
 
unlike
 
incandescent
 
bulbs,
 
heat
 
up.
 
Where
 
incandescent
 
lights
 
loose
 
almost
 
90%
 
of 
 
their
 
energy
 
through
 
heat,
 
LED
 
lights
 
use
 
70%
 
of 
 
the
 
batteries
 
power
 
to
 
produce
 
light.
 
This
 
enables
 
LED
 
lights
 
to
 
burn
 
substantially
 
longer
 
on
 
the
 
same
 
batteries
 
(i.e.
 
.
 
if 
 
you
 
wanted
 
100
 
hours
 
of 
 
light
 
you
 
would
 
use
 
40
 
batteries
 
for
 
an
 
incandescent
 
bulb
 
and
 
would
 
need
 
to
 
replace
 
the
 
bulb
 
3
‐
4
 
times.
 
For
 
the
 
same
 
100
 
hours
 
you
 
might
 
only
 
use
 
2
‐
4
 
batteries
 
and
 
never
 
replace
 
the
 
bulb).
 
Because
 
the
 
bulb
 
isn’t
 
heating
 
up,
 
it
 
never
 
burns
 
out
 
and
 
can
 
last
 
upwards
 
of 
 
100,000
 
hours.
 
One
 
LED
 
uses
 
only
 
1/10
th
 
of 
 
a
 
Watt.
 
 
“Lumens” 
 
of 
 
LEDs
 
is
 
a
 
measurement 
 
of 
 
all 
 
the
 
light 
 
inside
 
the
 
“beam
 
angle”.
 
“Peak 
 
beam
 
candlepower” 
 
is
 
a
 
measure
 
of 
 
the
 
brightest 
 
spot 
 
in
 
a
 
 focused 
 
beam.
 
“Lumens” 
 
of 
 
a
 
bulb
 
is
 
a
 
measurement 
 
of 
 
the
 
entire
 
output 
 
of 
 
the
 
bulb.
 
(Focus
 
is
 
not 
 
considered.)
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