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What is the Ideal High Bay Lighting Layout?

The ideal layout provides all the information you need to make a decision. A lighting plan shows the types of high bay light fixtures used, light levels, how balanced the lighting is across the space, and the fixture locations. Lighting plans eliminate the guesswork for lighting upgrades and new installations.

How Do You Calculate the Ideal High Bay Lighting Space?

High bay light spacing can vary depending on height. At 20 feet high you can go to 15 feet spacing for bright light and normal light a spacing of 18 feet. At 30 feet high, the recommendation is 20 feet spacing between the lights for brighter light and 25 feet for normal light.

A high bay lighting layout calculator will not provide you with spacing, a lighting plan will. The most important thing to determine at the start is how bright you want the space to be. After we get the specifications of your space (length, width, and height), we can start designing your lighting plan. From this plan, you can see the calculated fixture spacing and light levels achieved.

How Many High Bays Do I Need?

Lighting calculators and lighting plans can give you the answer to this question. Even so, creating a lighting plan will give you the most accurate calculations. The most accurate way of determining this is to create a lighting plan. A lighting plan will give you the number of fixtures and tell you exactly where to install them. It will provide the average, maximum, and minimum foot-candle (or lux) measurements, and tell you how balanced the light is. A calculator will just give you the number of fixtures.

Remember this, a lighting plan comes from very sophisticated software. A lighting calculator is a simple tool that does one simple function, calculate the approximate number of fixtures you will need. It will not take into account the specific lighting details of the fixture, it only uses lumens, a number you provide.

Can You Create a High Bay Lighting Design on a Small Workshop or a Large Warehouse?

The size of the project does not matter. For example, we have provided thousands of customers with warehouse and workshop lighting plans. They send in the details of their space, and existing light locations, and we create a lighting plan specific to their needs. We have created lighting plans with 1 high bay (a small room) and 1000 high bays (a large warehouse). We can easily create a high-bay facility design of any size.

What Could Go Wrong If I Only Use a LED High Bay Lighting Calculator?

A high bay lighting spacing calculator is just a fixture count estimation tool. It does not provide any real data on light balance or where to locate the fixtures. A lighting plan will ensure that the light chosen will be the correct fixture for your facility.

When Do You Need to Consider a High Bay Lighting Design before Purchasing High Bays?

This is an invaluable tool for those who are thinking about updating or adding light fixtures to a new facility. This service takes the guesswork out of determining what to use. We provide this free for commercial and industrial end users, electricians, Escos, and lighting contractors who are considering purchasing our LED Lighting.

A lighting plan almost guarantees success when converting to LED. If the light levels are not perfect, or you want it brighter, it’s safer to change a plan than to change the lights. And it’s a lot cheaper too!

We have provided 1000s of free plans. Lighting plans remove risk and are the number one method to achieving the desired foot candle level and achieve normal lighting. And it provides the proper high bay light fixture spacing that you will need to install the fixtures.