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What does FC stand for?

Foot Candle


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This schematic will detail everything from foot candle requirements to optimal locations from which to hang low bay lighting fixtures, along with the optimal distance between each fixture.
This schematic, which is created with sophisticated lighting design software, will show us how much light must be produced in the room, how best to distribute that in terms of both horizontal and vertical foot candles, how many fixtures we need to supply you with, and where to best install those fixtures to maximize light distribution and long lamp life.
It is important to determine first the foot candle density that client needs around the building or underneath an awning before you begin selecting fixtures.
Other plants that do not need much light Low-light plants are usually defined as those that can survive in 25 to 75 foot candles - that is, a spot that is 4 to 5 metres from a bright window, just enough light to read by comfortably, but where artificial lighting switched on by day would give a brightening effect.
Each American Apparel store puts out "roughly 100 foot candles of light," referring to the traditional measure of luminescence, which means staring at an American Apparel window is like standing a foot from 100 candles--far above the 30 to 50 foot-candles recommended for mass-merchandise retailers by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
I did foot candle readings before the change and later on.
Today, most garages are designed with high lighting levels of at least 10 to 12 foot candles over parked cars and 15 to 20 foot candles in walking and drive aisles.
Amtech retrofitted the existing fixtures with new T-8 lamps and electronic ballasts which require less energy and produce better lighting, resulting in an annual savings of nearly $11,000 in energy costs and increased the foot candle output more than 60% in the areas retrofitted.

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