Industrial Lighting Lux Levels and Foot Candles

Calculate Foot Candles for Industrial Lighting

How many foot candles do you need to light up your industrial space? Many factors come into play – the use of the space, how much dust and dirt is present and the availability of ambient light. With that said, we created this guide to help you first determine the foot candles or lux required and then how you can get a lighting plan done to show how converting to LED Lights will look in your industrial space.

What is the difference between foot candles and lux?

Foot candles and lux are essentially the same thing. They are two ways of representing the same data. Some people are more comfortable taking in terms of foot candles and others prefer lux. You can calculate lux and foot candles using the simple conversions

1 foot candle = 10.7639 lux

1 lux = 0.092903 foot candles

Lux to Foot Candle Calculator: Enter  Lux or Foot Candles

Calculate Foot Candles for Industrial Lighting

So how do you calculate foot candles for industrial lighting? There really is no calculator. But there are lighting plans. A lighting plan takes an indoor or outdoor space and plots lighting within this space. Inside the software, a calculation is performed taking into account the lumens of the fixtures and the location of the lights. When the calculation is complete, calculated points are indicated on the floor indicating the foot candle reading at that location.

Warehouse Lux Levels

So how many foot candles or lux do you need for your warehouse? That all depends on the purpose or use of your warehouse space. Larger items require less light, where as smaller items stored in the warehouse requires more light to make label reading easier.

Recommended Foot Candles for Manufacturing

So how many foot candles or lux do you need for your manufacturing? That all depends on the purpose or use of your manufacturing space. The more complex the process, the more light is required to do it safely and accurately.