How many downlights should be in the bathroom?

[RadoXX]

Hello everybody! I have a question regarding downlights installation.Is there any rules that applyes for how manu lights should be in the bathroom? I found out that when installing downlihts there should be 1 meter from the wall, and 1 meter distance between lights.Is that rules correct? Please point me on the right direction.Many thanks.

 

[stevey1983]

To work it out divide the room size in mm2 by 13.2 the x by 18 then find the square root and that will be your answer

 

[andyb]

To work it out divide the room size in mm2 by 13.2 the x by 18 then find the square root and that will be your answer

Ah! The old fashioned way.
Can't beat it.

 

[Paul.M]

Is this question for your 303 exam by any chance?

 

[amlu]

none for me. a globe lamp with bc bulb will do.

customers usually think in a different way and its usually between 2 and 8....

 

[uksparks]

Depends how big the room is.... I had 12 in my old bathroom, I only have 6 in my new one.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I suppose every one has there own way of doing it but as a rule of thumb I divide the square area of the ceiling (in metres) by 1.9 to calculate the number of downlights required. obviously an area like a kitchen could be different due to wall cupboards, etc.

 

[Dave OCD]

It depends on the wattage/output and 'beam angle' of the lights too obviously.

 

[Richard Burns]

Hello everybody!
I have a question regarding downlights installation.
Are there any rules that apply for how many lights should be in the bathroom?
I found out that when installing downlights there should be 1 meter from the wall, and 1 meter distance between lights.Is that rules correct?
Please point me on the right direction.
Many thanks.

Your 1 m method is probably OK for most situations, but perhaps down to 0.5m from the walls if possible, however it is important to know what lighting effect is required by the customer.
They may want nice and bright or dim and cosy.
You may want to have different areas of accent lighting, loads of choice.
But for lighting a room (I would normally say do not use downlights as they are rubbish, but I am against most customers wishes!) then keeping a constant spacing around each downlight: so if you think the downlight will light out to 600 mm then the downlight spacing would be 1200mm apart and 600mm from a wall.

 

[Dave OCD]

Come on Richard, not ALL downlights are rubbish !:smile5:

 

[Richard Burns]

Not so sure they are not all rubbish! wide angle ones are OK, but why hide the light in the ceiling when you want it in the room?

 

[Leesparkykent]

When I moved in to my house ATM it had 21 downlights in the front room. I over boarded the ceiling, had it plastered and got rid of the lot of them.

 

[Dave OCD]

And put in a nice 6" pendant Lee ?

 

[Dave OCD]

Not so sure they are not all rubbish! wide angle ones are OK, but why hide the light in the ceiling when you want it in the room?

The fitting may be flush to the ceiling but the light certainly isn't !

 

[Leesparkykent]

And put in a nice 6" pendant Lee ?

Yeah with a real 70's lamp shade Lol

 

[telectrix]

i've got a nifty little chart with the room width down the left and the length across the top. where they intersect it give me the number of downlights and the lux level at the floor. i reckon it assumes a ceiling height of 8ft.

 

[Andy78]

i've got a nifty little chart with the room width down the left and the length across the top. where they intersect it give me the number of downlights and the lux level at the floor. i reckon it assumes a ceiling height of 8ft.

Surely intersection points and lux levels would depend on beam angle and lumen output. I have seen charts like this before... But only product specific.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Hello everybody! I have a question regarding downlights installation.Is there any rules that applyes for how manu lights should be in the bathroom? I found out that when installing downlihts there should be 1 meter from the wall, and 1 meter distance between lights.Is that rules correct? Please point me on the right direction.Many thanks.

Put them where you want them I say! I recently put some approx 150mm from a wall for accent lighting and they look spot on.. Normally would not put them any closer than around 0.5m from a wall as someone suggested. One thing is if the walls are poorly painted, skimmed or finished, then every defect will be highlighted and can look awful.

Other than that, around 1.0 to 1.2m spacing is usually ok IMO.

 

[shanky887614]

pale i know you like charts so ive sent you one in pm [emoji6]


to be honest its usually the customer asks for so many spots and we offer advice saying its either too many or not enough and offer our opinion.

opinions are like ****holes everyone has one