Determine the proper spacing between recessed lights.
Recessed lighting installed in a ceiling serves to provide interior lighting design that complements other primary lighting in a room. As you plan your recessed lighting arrangement, you must calculate recessed lighting spacing to ensure you light the surfaces immediately beneath the lighting satisfactorily. With simple math functions, you will know how many lighting units you require and exactly the spacing necessary for effective lighting.
Instructions
1. Consult the recessed lighting units you wish to install to find the spacing criterion. You may find the lighting package labeled with a number and then the initials SC, or the spacing criterion may also be called Space to Mounting Ratio. This is the ratio for the most distance you want between two recessed lighting units.
2. Measure the distance from the ceiling down to the surface you wish to light -- the floor or a countertop, for example. If you wish to illuminate the floor and you have 8-foot ceilings, use 8 feet for calculating. If you wish to illuminate a countertop 3 feet from the floor and you have 8-foot ceilings, subtract 3 feet from 8 feet to make 5 feet for calculating.
3. Multiply the spacing criterion number by the number of feet. For example, if the spacing criterion number was .5, multiply .5 * 8 = 4 (the spacing between recessed lighting units to illuminate the floor). Multiply .5 * 5 = 2.5 (the spacing between recessed lighting units to illuminate the counter).
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