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So I'm a little bit confused, the linked 250W corn bulb does indeed claim 35,000 lumens: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W5DGBJZ/ref=as_li_ss_tl

But when I look at similar 250W corn bulbs on the Home Depot site they only claim 7,384 lumens: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Halco-Lighting-Technologies-250-...

How is that Amazon bulb producing 5X the lumens?

EDIT: To answer my own question, it's because the Amazon bulb actually uses 250W while the Home Depot product listings are "250W equivalent" and only use ~50W. Hence the 5X difference in light output.




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