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    This document provides an example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed for an office space. It outlines the input specifications, such as the room dimensions and desired light level. It then shows the step-by-step calculations to determine: the total wattage and lumens of fixtures, number of fixtures required, minimum spacing between fixtures, number of rows and fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing between fixtures. The summary concludes that 4 rows of 5 fixtures each are needed, with spacings of 4 meters axially and 2.5 meters transversely, for a total of 21 fixtures.

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    This document provides an example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed for an office space. It outlines the input specifications, such as the room dimensions and desired light level. It then shows the step-by-step calculations to determine: the total wattage and lumens of fixtures, number of fixtures required, minimum spacing between fixtures, number of rows and fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing between fixtures. The summary concludes that 4 rows of 5 fixtures each are needed, with spacings of 4 meters axially and 2.5 meters transversely, for a total of 21 fixtures.

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    This document provides an example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed for an office space. It outlines the input specifications, such as the room dimensions and desired light level. It then shows the step-by-step calculations to determine: the total wattage and lumens of fixtures, number of fixtures required, minimum spacing between fixtures, number of rows and fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing between fixtures. The summary concludes that 4 rows of 5 fixtures each are needed, with spacings of 4 meters axially and 2.5 meters transversely, for a total of 21 fixtures.

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    This document provides an example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed for an office space. It outlines the input specifications, such as the room dimensions and desired light level. It then shows the step-by-step calculations to determine: the total wattage and lumens of fixtures, number of fixtures required, minimum spacing between fixtures, number of rows and fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing between fixtures. The summary concludes that 4 rows of 5 fixtures each are needed, with spacings of 4 meters axially and 2.5 meters transversely, for a total of 21 fixtures.

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    The passage discusses how to calculate the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed based on the room dimensions, lighting requirements, and fixture specifications.

    The number of lighting fixtures is calculated based on the required lux level, room area, maintenance factor, utilization factor, and lumen output of the fixtures.

    There are 8 steps involved: determining fixture wattage and lumens, calculating required number of fixtures, minimum spacing, number of rows, fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing.

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    Input information
    These are the input data for the following calculation:
    1. An office area has length: 20 meter; width: 10 meter; height: 3 meter.
    2. The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters.
    3. The area is to be illuminated to a general level of 250 lux using twin lamp 32 watt CFL luminaires with a
    SHR of 1.25.
    4. Each lamp has an initial output (Efficiency) of 85 lumen per watt.
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    5. The lamps Maintenance factor (MF) is 0.63 ,Utilization Factor is 0.69 and space height ratio (SHR) is
    1.25.

    Calculation in 8 steps
    1. Total wattage of fixtures:
    Total wattage of fixtures = Number of lamps x each lamps watt.
    Total wattage of fixtures = 2 32 = 64 Watt.

    2. Lumen per fixtures


    Lumen per fixtures = Lumen efficiency (Lumen per Watt) x each fixtures watt
    Lumen per fixtures = 85 x 64 = 5440 Lumen

    3. Number of fixtures
    Required number of fixtures = Required Lux x Room area / MF x UF x Lumen per fixture
    Required number of fixtures = (250 x 20 x 10) / (0.63 0.69 5440)
    We will need 21 fixtures

    4. Minimum spacing between each fixture


    The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters and space height ratio is 1.25, so:
    Maximum spacing between fixtures = 2 1.25 = 2.25 meter.

    5. Number of required rows of fixtures along with width of room


    Number of rows required = Width of room / Max. spacing = 10 / 2.25
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    Number of rows required is therefore = 4.

    6. Number of fixtures required in each row


    Number of fixtures required in each row = Total Fixtures / Number of rows = 21 / 4
    Therefore, we have 5 fixtures in each row.

    7. Axial spacing between each fixture:


    Axial spacing between fixtures = Length of room / Number of fixtures in each row
    and that would be: 20 / 5 = 4 Meter

    8. Transverse spacing between each fixture:


    Transverse spacing between fixtures = Width of room / Number of fixtures in row
    and that would be: 10 / 4 = 2.5 Meter.

    5 things to conclude
    So far, we have been calculated the following:
    Number of rows with lighting fixtures = 4
    Number of lighting fixtures in each row = 5
    Axial spacing between fixtures = 4.0 meter
    Transverse spacing between fixtures = 2.5 meter
    Required total number of fixtures = 21

    About Author //
    Jignesh Parmar
    jiguparmar - Jignesh Parmar has completed his B.E(Electrical) from Gujarat University. He is member of
    Institution of Engineers (MIE),India. Membership No:M-1473586.He has more than 12 years experience in
    Transmission -Distribution-Electrical Energy theft detection-Electrical Maintenance-Electrical Projects
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    (Planning-Designing-Technical Review-coordination -Execution). He is Presently associate with one of the


    leading business group as a Assistant Manager at Ahmedabad,India. He has published numbers of Technical
    Articles in "Electrical Mirror", "Electrical India", "Lighting India", "Industrial Electrix"(Australian Power
    Publications) Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of Advance Excel and design useful Excel base
    Electrical Programs as per IS, NEC, IEC,IEEE codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with English, Hindi,
    Gujarati, French languages. He wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and help technical enthusiasts to
    find suitable solutions and updating themselves on various Engineering Topics.

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