formula for lighting layout

JJWalecka

JJWalecka

Senior Member
Location
New England
i have read about the Zonal Cavity Method...but is there an app or site that you can just plug in the numbers and get the layout?

thank you
 
Ask your wholesale house to have a lighting rep do the layout, of course it’s helpful to buy the luminaires from that wholesale house
The GE lighting catalog used to have instructions on lighting layout in the reference section
 
There so much information for this stuff, go to.
https://www.ies.org/
All depends on the job's. any small commercial or residential you won't higher an engineer for this.larger job this should already be planned out and your just the installer.
Its nice to know some/alot about lighting in residential world, most electricians just use down lights for inside and out and makes the house look like a cookie cutter home.
 
Last edited:
JJWalecka said:
i have read about the Zonal Cavity Method...but is there an app or site that you can just plug in the numbers and get the layout?

thank you
Click to expand...
RAB has a nice design tool on there website. You have to choose a fixture then plug in the room dimensions etc.

Luxiflux Zonal

Luxiflux Zonal Cavity Calculator
luxiflux-zonal.rablighting.com luxiflux-zonal.rablighting.com
 
Have your supplier do it for you. They will send it off to (pick a brand) and return what you need. Having some idea of why the layouts are done the way they are will help the finished project.
I had a warehouse layout done just before I retired. Customer wanted to wait a year. Contractor that did the job just used all the same fixture so they wouldn't have to mess with several different. Fixtures designed for 30' ceilings were hung at 18' and lower. Cringe.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top