When considering the best lighting options for a barn, key factors like the size of the space and the ceiling height play crucial roles. For interiors with high ceilings, JC-LGL Lighting's LED High Bay Lights are a standout choice, delivering concentrated and robust illumination tailored for expansive vertical spaces. Transitioning to the exterior, Parking Lot Lights serve as the optimal solution for outdoor lighting needs. These fixtures are designed to be both durable and energy-efficient, enhancing visibility around entrances and peripheral areas, thus bolstering security around the barn.

How Many Lumens Do You Need to Light a Barn?

The required number of lumens to effectively light a barn, termed "Barn Lighting," hinges on the specific usage and dimensions of the barn.

General Barn Lighting: For routine storage and fundamental barn tasks, targeting approximately 10-20 lumens per square foot provides adequate illumination.

Barn Workspaces: In sections of the barn dedicated to precision-required tasks, such as woodworking or machinery repairs, a brighter setup is necessary, typically around 50-80 lumens per square foot.

Livestock Areas in Barns: Lighting is essential in spaces where animals are kept, both for everyday care and veterinary needs, generally necessitating 20-50 lumens per square foot for optimal visibility and functionality.

High Bay LED Lights for Barn Indoor Lighting

Once you know how many lumens you need for your barn, it's time to choose a fixture, and JC-LGL's High Bay LED Lights are perfect for barn indoor lighting.

You might wonder, how many High Bay lights do I need to achieve the perfect lighting effect? To make this easier for you, JC-LGL has developed a special calculator program that allows you to easily calculate the number of lights you need for optimal illumination.

With this calculator, you can quickly determine the ideal lighting requirements for your space and purchase the appropriate number of lights for installation, avoiding unnecessary resource waste. Additionally, it ensures that the number of lights won’t exceed your actual needs, preventing unnecessary energy consumption during use.

Installation inside the barn is relatively easy, there is no need to wire each high bay light, as long as the barn's electrical system after the provision of power outlets for each High Bay LED Light can be, you can ask a professional to install the barn's electrical system for you, or if you have experience in the electrician can also be installed by yourself. The installation process is very simple and easy to follow.

You can also have a dimmer switch to control the High Bay LED lights, which can control up to 6 lights at a time, or even 10 lights at a time if you buy a higher power dimmer switch, which greatly improves the efficiency of the lighting control.

Parking Lot LED Lights for Barn Outdoor Lighting

For barn outdoor lighting, Parking Lot Lights are a great choice, mounted on the outside of a barn to illuminate a large outdoor space, and this parking lot light features a sensor that automatically switches it off, saving the barn more money on its electricity bill, improving lighting efficiency and not wasting resources. This parking lot led lights is very waterproof and can maintain normal use even in harsh outdoor environments.

If you have any questions about barn lighting you are welcome to leave a comment below or find a JC-LGL customer service representative who will quickly answer your questions and give you the right barn Lighting solution.