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Measuring Units Light Level - Illuminance: Condition Illumination
Measuring Units Light Level - Illuminance: Condition Illumination
Illumenance is measured in foot candles (ftcd, fc, fcd) (or lux in the metric SI system). A foot candle is actually one lumen of light density per square foot, one lux is one lumen per square meter.
1 lux = 1 lumen / sq meter = 0.0001 phot = 0.0929 foot candle (ftcd, fcd) 1 phot = 1 lumen / sq centimeter = 10000 lumens / sq meter = 10000 lux 1 foot candle (ftcd, fcd) = 1 lumen / sq ft = 10.752 lux
Illumination Condition (ftcd) Sunlight Full Daylight Overcast Day Very Dark Day Twilight Deep Twilight Full Moon Quarter Moon Starlight Overcast Night 10,000 1,000 100 10 1 .1 .01 .001 .0001 .00001 (lux) 107,527 10,752 1,075 107 10.8 1.08 .108 .0108 .0011 .0001
Activity Public areas with dark surroundings Simple orientation for short visits Working areas where visual tasks are only occasionally performed Warehouses, Homes, Theaters, Archives Easy Office Work, Classes Normal Office Work, PC Work, Study Library, Groceries, Show Rooms, Laboratories Supermarkets, Mechanical Workshops, Office Landscapes Normal Drawing Work, Detailed Mechanical Workshops, Operation Theatres Detailed Drawing Work, Very Detailed Mechanical Works Performance of visual tasks of low contrast and very small size for prolonged periods of time Performance of very prolonged and exacting visual tasks Performance of very special visual tasks of extremely low contrast and small size
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