Name – Default component text and counters are automatically added. This entry may be edited to include other descriptive or identifying text.
Mounting type – Pull-down menu selections: Recessed, Surface, and Pendant as indicated in the following figure:
Lighting Type – Pull-down menu selections:
Compact Fluorescent – A fluorescent lamp of a small compact shape, with a single base that provides the entire mechanical support function.
Fluorescent Lamp – A low-pressure electric discharge lamp in which a phosphor coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated by the discharge into light. These lamps are available in T5, T5-High Output, T8, T8-High Efficiency, and T12 technologies. "T" stands for "tubular" and indicates the diameter of the fluorescent lamp tube.
Incandescent/Halogen – A lamp that produces light by a filament heated to incandescence by an electric current.
Metal Halide – A type of high-intensity discharge lamps producing light by an electric arc through a gaseous mixture. The lamp consists of an arc tube within an outer bulb.
Mercury Vapor – A gas discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light.
High-Pressure Sodium – A type of high-intensity discharge lamps producing light from sodium in an excited state. The light usually appears yellow.
LED – LEDs (light emitting diode) are small light sources that become illuminated by the movement of electrons through a semiconductor material.
Lamp Wattage – Enter the watts per lamp*
Number of Lamps – Enter the number of lamps per fixture.
| *Typical Lamp Wattage for Available Lighting Types | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lighting Type | Wattage | Note |
| Compact Fluorescent | 13-15 | typical 40-75 watt incandescent replacement |
| Fluorescent T5 | 28 | |
| Fluorescent T5- High Output | 54 | |
| Fluorescent T8 | 32 | |
| Fluorescent T8- Super T8 | 28 | |
| Fluorescent T12 | 40 | |
| Fluorescent T12- High Output | 60 | |
| High-Pressure Sodium | 50-150 | typical non-street/parking applications |
| Incandescent/Halogen | 40-75 | typical home/commercial use |
| LED | 8-24 | 8-14 for typical incandescent replacements 20-24 for FL tube replacements |
| Mercury Vapor | 40-150 | |
| Metal Halide | 50-150 | |
Based on the fixture information provided, the tool will apply standard assumptions regarding lighting density and usage patterns.
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