After you decide on the lamp color and quality, you need to know how many lamps to buy to properly light your garage. With a couple of numbers and this calculator, you'll be ready to click the “buy” button for those garage lamps.
The lamp calculator below asks for the width and depth of your garage, the desired brightness level, and the “lumens” value of the lamps you'd like to buy. Enter these values to get the right number of lamps to properly light your garage.
If you don't know the color and lamp quality of a good lamp for your garage, look at my garage lighting selection here: The Best Garage Lights
Garage Lamp Quantity Calculator Instructions
- Measure the width and depth of your garage. A typical 1-car garage is 12 x 22 ft. A typical 2-car garage is 20 x 20 ft.
- Decide on a brightness goal. Use 50 lumens per square foot for an adequate but not overly bright garage lighting goal. For a brighter garage use 60 or 70 lumens in the calculator.
- For the lumens per lamp, enter the value from the package. If you don't know which lamps to buy, use the 4,200, which is a typical garage lamp lumens value.
The calculator gives you the number of lamps you need. Take that information to the store to buy your garage lamps, or take a look at my pick for best garage lamp here.
