Ceiling downlight placement for wall pictures/artwork?
Richard Trafford
10 years ago
I'm in the process of installing my lighting.
I'm finding it difficult to judge how far the ceiling downlight's should be away from the wall in order to light up the wall picture/artwork appropriately.
There's lots of advice out there on how many lights you need in a room; or how far apart they should be placed, just not the info I'm after.
Can anyone help?
I'm finding it difficult to judge how far the ceiling downlight's should be away from the wall in order to light up the wall picture/artwork appropriately.
There's lots of advice out there on how many lights you need in a room; or how far apart they should be placed, just not the info I'm after.
Can anyone help?
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10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoIt depends on the type of trim you will use. A standard eyeball will swivel to 30 degrees. If you figure out what height you want the center of the picture, then measure the remainder of the distance to the ceiling, then you get one leg (opposite side) of a 30/60 degree right triangle. To find the adjacent side, take the length of the opposite side, and divide by the tangent of 60. That would be how far from the wall you should be to the center of the can. Or TAN30 X distance from ceiling to center of art. TAN30 is approx (0.577) Or you can go this site for more;
http://inspectapedia.com/BestPractices/Lighting_Interior_Guide.htm
Here is a graphic.
I usually end up somewhere between these and Mark's measurements ;)
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