Lumens for Bathroom

theEnd

Any ideas? Each website seems to give very different advice.

Room approx 10ft x 5ft. Would 1200 lumens be enough?

casper_g

At the end of the day it will depend on personal preference to an extent, but I'll be intereted to see the range of responses.

My bathroom's a bit bigger than yours (about 10' x 10' with the corner cut off) and has four 40W halogens, so approx 2400 lumen. I find it a bit too bright sometimes, especially on a dark morning when I get up before the rest of the household.

I suspect my optimum would be around 1600-1800 lumen with additional lighting by the mirror for shaving.

elstimpo

theEnd wrote: »

Any ideas? Each website seems to give very different advice.

Room approx 10ft x 5ft. Would 1200 lumens be enough?

There are several variables such as required level of brightness, required colour temperature, how many lamps you want to use etc, but you'll probably looking at 1000 to 1200 lumens.

elstimpo

casper_g wrote: »

At the end of the day it will depend on personal preference to an extent, but I'll be intereted to see the range of responses.

My bathroom's a bit bigger than yours (about 10' x 10' with the corner cut off) and has four 40W halogens, so approx 2400 lumen. I find it a bit too bright sometimes, especially on a dark morning when I get up before the rest of the household.

I suspect my optimum would be around 1600-1800 lumen with additional lighting by the mirror for shaving.

Same as one of my bathrooms. I have 4 x 3000k LED Spots producing 350 lumens each, so a total of 1400. I have a light over the sink and mirror for extra lighting.

HappyMJ

I think about 20 carefully placed candles is really nice to have a bath with. That's only about 200-300 lumens. A 40W incandescent output is about 500 lumens which probably wouldn't be quite enough for a bathroom. I'd use a 75W equivalent lamp (1100 lumens) and see how that goes and if that's too bright knock it down to 60W. You don't need to get an exact figure it's more personal preference and the decoration of the room helps reflect more light so not as much light is needed.

almillar

Yep it's difficult to know as it includes some personal preference. Good place to start, if possible, is to check what lights you're replacing. Then, do you want brighter or dimmer? If they're 50w halogens and you want to directly replace you'll need 2700K and roughly 400Lm upwards per light.

xyz123

As said, it depends on personal preference but u r not too far off. Also consider what colour walls or tiles u have in bathroom. Dark tiles and floor may mean slightly more lighting level than lighter colour.