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Can you convert lumen to candle power?

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Not directly, as you are comparing apples with Oranges in two senses: (a) a lumen is an SI unit, whereas a candlepower is an Imperial unit, and (b) lumens are used to measure luminous flux, whereas candlepower is used to measure luminous intensity.

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