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 | |
|---|---|
| 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}} |