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Illumination Level
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Illumination Level
Illumination Level
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Illuminance Example
Full moon overhead 1 lux
Family living room 50 lux
Hallway/toilet 80 lux
Very dark overcast day 100 lux
Sunrise or sunset on a clear day. Well lit office area 400 lux
Overcast day, typical TV studio lighting
Full daylight (not direct sun) 10000-25000 lux
Direct sunlight 32000-130,000 lux
Illumination Level
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Communications
Switchboard rooms 200-300-500
Telephone apparatus room 100-150-200
Telex room, post room 300-500-750
Reprographic room 200-300-500
Building Services
Boiler houses General 50-100-150
Boiler front 100-150-200
Boiler control room 200-300-500
Control rooms 200-300-500
Mechanical plant room 100-150-200
Electrical power supply and distribution Room 100-150-200
Store rooms 50-100-150
Car Parks
Floors 5 to 20
Ramps and Corners 30
Entrances and Exits 50-100-150
Control Booths 150-200-300
Outdoor Car Parks 5-20 5 to 20
TRANSPORT
Airports
Ticket counters, checking, desks And Information desks 300-500-750
Departure lounges, other waiting Areas 150-200-300
Baggage reclaim 150-200-300
Baggage handling 50-100-150
Customers and immigration halls 300-500-750
Concourse 150-200-300
Railway Stations
Ticket office 300-500-750
Information Office 300-500-750
Parcels office, left Luggage Office General 50-100-150
Counter 150-200-300
Waiting rooms 150-200-300
Concourse 150-200-300
Time table 150-200-300
Ticket Barriers 150-200-300
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Organ 200-300-500
Hospitals
Anesthetic Rooms-General 200-300-500
Anesthetic Rooms-Local 750-1000-1500
Consulting Area- General 200-300-500
Consulting Area-Examination 750-1000-1500
Corridors-General 100-150-200
Ward corridors-Day, screened from bays 150-200-300
Ward corridors- Day, open to natural light 150-200-300
Ward corridors- Morning/evening 100-150-200
Ward corridors- Night 5 to 10
Cubicles- General 200-300-500
Cubicles-Treatment 750-1000-1500
Examination- General 200-300-500
Examination- Local inspection 750-1000-1500
Intensive therapy-Bad head 30-50
Intensive therapy- Circulation between bed ends 50-100-150
Intensive therapy- Observation 200-300-500
Intensive therapy- Local observation 750-1000-1500
Intensive therapy- Staff base(day) 200-300-500
Intensive therapy- Staff base(night) 30
Laboratories-General 200-300-500
Laboratories-Examination 300-500-750
Nurses stations- Morning/day/evening 200-300-500
Nurses stations- Night desks 30
Nurses stations-Night, medical trolleys 50-100-150
Operating theatres- General 300-500-750
Operating theatres-Local 10000 to 50000
Pathology department- General 200-300-500
Pathology department-Examination 300-500-750
Pathology department- Pharmacies 200-300-500
Pathology department-Reception/ inquiry 200-300-500
Pathology department-Recovery rooms 200-300-500
Ward circulation-Day 50-100-150
Ward circulation-Morning/evening 50-100-150
Ward circulation-Night 3 to 5
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About Jignesh.Parmar
Jignesh Parmar has completed M.Tech (Power System Control), B.E(Electrical). He is member of
Institution of Engineers (MIE) and CEng,India. Membership No:M-1473586.He has more than 16
years experience in Transmission -Distribution-Electrical Energy theft detection-Electrical
Maintenance-Electrical Projects (Planning-Designing-Technical Review-coordination -Execution). He
is Presently associate with one of the leading business group as a Deputy Manager at
Ahmedabad,India. He has published numbers of Technical Articles in “Electrical Mirror”, “Electrical
India”, “Lighting India”,”Smart Energy”, “Industrial Electrix”(Australian Power Publications)
Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of Advance Excel and design useful Excel base Electrical
Programs as per IS, NEC, IEC,IEEE codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with English, Hindi,
Gujarati, French languages. He wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and help technical
enthusiasts to find suitable solutions and updating themselves on various Engineering Topics.
Best Regards,
Dr. Engr. M.Mohsin Ansari
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shantilal parmar says:
January 14, 2019 at 8:48 am
Dear Sir I am waiting for your reply to my question
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AZIZ PATHAN says:
January 14, 2019 at 9:24 am
Thanks …. Very Importance note & information electrical field …
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