Flo-X Fluorescent bulbs only 65W?

[Awake-In-Anamorphic]

I see that Lowel lights can take daylight bulbs, like the Flo-X bulbs. But I also see that the maximum wattage in the Flo-X is 65W. Tungsten allows for up to 750W. What am I missing--it seems that the 65W bulb would be too dim to be useful for anything. Are fluorescent bulbs measured in a different power scale or something?

 

[CharlieG]

The 65 watts are the power used and not the output of the light

 

[thome]

if so CharlieG then how do you determine how bright it would be?

 

[DM_rider]

A 55 watt fluorescent bulb puts out roughly 250 watts of light.

so 4x55 watt fluorescent bulbs is the rough equivalent to 1,000 watts of incandescent light.

 

[Awake-In-Anamorphic]

Aha. Thanks. Funny the catalogs don't say how BRIGHT the light is then. Just how much power they consume (almost as useful info, but not quite).

So a 65W Flo-X is probably like a 300W Tungsten/Halogen bulb, in terms of how bright it is.

 

[TiE_Shepherd]

Are those the bulbs that go into the Lights of America fixtures? If so you have to watch because they are designed to work with certain fixtures. I have one and had to take the bulb apart and modifiy the circuit inside, so I could hook it up to a normal ballast.

If they're the bulbs I'm thinking of.