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How to Determine How Many LED Lumens You'll Need to Properly Light Your Space Sponsor2019-05-06T12:30:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
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Here’s how to determine how many LED Lumens you’ll need to properly light your space.
<p>How much light is enough light? The question is difficult enough but when faced with having to calculate how much LED lighting you need to create a well lit space, it can become a bit more complicated. </p>
Key Terms
<p><strong>Lumens</strong><br>A measurement of light emitted by a source, whether it’s LED, Fluorescent, Halogen, or Incandescent. This is also known as “brightness” or “light output.” <strong>Your reference point: A standard 100-watt incandescent light bulb produces about 1,500 – 1,700 lumens.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Watts</strong><br>Not a measure of brightness; instead, it’s a measure of how much electricity (or energy) a bulb consumes to reach its claimed brightness. Each type of light source, LED, Fluorescent, Halogen, or Incandescent has a different lumen-per-watt ratio. Below we’re going to use lumens as a measurement to make sure we have enough light for a space. </p>
<p><strong>Wattage Equivalence </strong><br>Since we’ve conf...</p>