So according to an online unit converter

[shortylickens]

candelas are equal to lumens?
Really?
Since when?

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

 

[Anubis]

 

[Red Squirrel]

Is that the same as candlepower, or a whole other measurement? But yeah according to google it is the same.

http://www.google.ca/search?q=100+lumens+in+candelas

 

[thescreensavers]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%09+ +100+lumens+to+candelas

 

[DrPizza]

Not quite, in sort of the same way that 1 kilogram isn't equal to about 2.2 pounds. Kilograms are a unit of mass, pounds are a unit of force.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh, and people speak highly of this:
http://www.amazon.com/ITP-Light-Pole.../dp/B002Y3PO5C

 

[shortylickens]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i= + +100+lumens+to+candelas

http://www.unitconversion.org/unit_converter/luminance.html