What are the best lumens for garage lighting?

Adequate lighting in a garage is essential, even if the garage is mainly used for storing tools or maintaining cars, and LED lighting fixtures provide the right amount of visibility in a garage, while also being energy efficient, low-maintenance, and having a long lifespan. Next we'll look at how to choose LED lighting fixtures for garages that are useful for optimal lumens.

Factors to consider

There are a few factors to consider when choosing to buy LED fixtures to get the best lighting:

Garage size: the size of the garage area and height is the main influence factors, through the workshop area and height can calculate the need for roughly how many lumens and the need to layout how many quantities of lamps and lanterns.
The use of the garage: you also need to consider the specific use of the garage, if you need to do fine maintenance work in the garage or use the garage as a workshop, then you need brighter lighting. But if it is mainly used for storing tools or parking, then the general brightness of the lighting can be.
Installation: For example, while LED ufo high bay lights require simple, plug-and-play installation, Linear high bay lights require wiring. If the ceiling of the garage is higher, choosing a plug and play ufo high bay light will be easier and safer. If the ceilings are lower, and if you have experience with electricians, then installing Linear High bay using hard wiring will give you more flexibility in laying out the location of the fixtures.

Optimal lumens for garage lighting

Lumens are a measure of light intensity that better quantifies the brightness of a fixture, and in general, the higher the lumen value, the brighter the fixture. So before choosing the right LED fixture for your garage, you need to pick the most appropriate lumen value.

The standard lighting recommendation for a garage space is at least 20 lumens per square foot.

If your garage is 400-500 square feet in size, then this corresponds to a need for about 8,000-10,000 lumens to illuminate the garage space.

By analogy, if the garage is 600-700 square feet in size, it would require about 12,000-14,000 lumens.

When choosing an LED fixture to buy, you also need to look at the beam angle of the fixture. If your garage is primarily used for general tasks, you can choose a wider beam angle to cover a larger area of the garage. If it is used for task lighting that requires finer light, then you can choose a narrower beam angle.