A lumen is a unit measurement of light. To determine the needed lumens, you will need to multiply your room square footage by your room foot-candle requirement.
For example, a 100 square foot living room, which needs 10-20 foot-candles, will need 1,000-2,000 lumens.
Standard Units | |
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Footcandle | {{footcandle}} |
Kilolux | {{kilolux}} |
Lumen/square centimeter | {{lumenpersquarecentimeter}} |
Lumen/square inch | {{lumenpersquareinch}} |
Lumen/square meter | {{lumenpersquaremeter}} |
Lux | {{lux}} |
Metercandle | {{metercandle}} |
Milliphot | {{milliphot}} |
Nox | {{nox}} |
Phot | {{phot}} |