Ft candle to lumen. The foot candle ftc fc to lux lx conversion table and conversion steps are also listed. Instant free online tool for foot candle to lux conversion or vice versa. You can use illumination units of lux or foot candles.
Lumens quick guide taking a few minutes to determine the recommended lumens per square foot with the method outlined above is ideal. 1 lmft 2 107639104167097 lx. 1 lumen per square foot.
Please note that one foot candle 1076 lumens which means that in order to convert foot candles to lumens i would need to take the amount of foot candles that i measured 50 foot candles and multiply by 1076 to get the number of lumens 50 x 1076 538 lumens. F vlm i vcd w sr. Abbreviated fc lmft 2 or sometimes ft c is a non si unit of illuminance or light intensity.
1 lumen per square foot is equivalent to 1 footcandle in terms of si units it is 107639104167097 lux. For uniform isotropic light source the luminous flux f v in lumens lm is equal to the luminous intensity i v in candela cd. A higher number of lumens are indicative of a brighter more intense light whereas a lower number of lumens represent dimmer more subdued lighting.
Lumens to candela calculator candela to lumens calculation. A foot candle sometimes foot candle. Thus a foot candle is equivalent to approximately 10 lux or 1057 lux.
This is a british measurement. Using an international foot of exactly 03048 meters. We use the following equation.
The solid angle w in steradians sr is equal to 2 times pi times 1 minus cosine of half the cone apex angle o in degrees 0. X 10 20 foot candles 1000 to 2000 lumens. 1 lumen per square foot is equivalent to 1 footcandle in terms of si units it is 107639104167097 lux.
Using the metric system a lumen is measured by a square meter or a lux. Also explore tools to convert foot candle or lux to other illumination units or learn more about illumination conversions. This unit is commonly used in lighting layouts in parts of the world where united states customary units are used mainly the united statesmost of the world uses the corresponding si derived unit lux.
1 lmft 2 107639104167097 lx. Lumens lux area. Times the solid angle w in steradians sr.
Once you know all these values the foot candle calculator will determine how many lumens you need in total. How to use foot candle to lumensquare meter conversion calculator type the value in the box next to foot candle ftc fcthe result will appear in the box next to lumensquare meter lmm 2.