Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and features.

The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen worktop etc).

Any recommendation(s) please?

TIA

On 12/02/2014 11:23, wrote:
Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and features.

The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen worktop etc).

Any recommendation(s) please?

TIA


Here ya go, google is my friend

http://www.lightmetering.co.uk/LIGHT-METER-REVIEWS.html

On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 11:30:00 UTC, Bob H wrote:
On 12/02/2014 11:23, wrote:

Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and features.



The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen worktop etc).



Any recommendation(s) please?



TIA





Here ya go, google is my friend



http://www.lightmetering.co.uk/LIGHT-METER-REVIEWS.html

That saimed at photographers so they have many more features than would be required for room lighting stats.

Haven't any recomendations myself, what do you need to measure intensisty I guess but what about colour temperature.

On 12/02/2014 11:23, wrote:
Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and features.

The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen worktop etc).

Any recommendation(s) please?

A secondhand one from your local photographic dealers. They can be had
for next to nothing now that cameras are all largely automatic.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On 12/02/2014 13:04, Martin Brown wrote:
On 12/02/2014 11:23, wrote:
Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and
features.

The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen
worktop etc).

Any recommendation(s) please?

A secondhand one from your local photographic dealers. They can be had
for next to nothing now that cameras are all largely automatic.

The main limitation with photographic meters is that they are intended
to measure reflected light, and for this application one wants to
measure incident light - i.e. taking the illuminated surface
reflectivity out of the equation.

A simple Lux meter like: http://r.ebay.com/DCs70G will do this quite well.


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Cheers,

John.

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On 12/02/2014 11:23, wrote:
Ebay has light meters from £10 up to £££. Varied ranges, accuracy and features.

The meter is required to evaluate optimal downlighter options (kitchen worktop etc).

Any recommendation(s) please?

TIA

I think I might try a light meter app for a mobile phone (if you can lay
your hands on a smartphone, that is). For the price (many are free) it
seems to be worth a go even if you then reject it as unsuitable for
whatever reason.

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Rod