Lighting Beam Calculator

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AV installation, southern WV

Find your light’s beam & field size

Enter your fixture’s angle and the throw distance to the surface, and get the exact circle size — no ladder trip required.

Think of a flashlight in a dark room: there’s a bright circle in the middle, and a dimmer ring fading out around it. Beam Angle is the bright core. Field Angle is the full spread, fade-out included. Most fixture spec sheets list one or both — enter whichever you’ve got.

How to use this

  1. Look up your fixture’s beam angle (and field angle, if listed) on its spec sheet or the label on the fixture itself.
  2. Measure or estimate the throw distance — straight-line distance from the fixture to the surface it’s lighting.
  3. Read the diameters above, or check the reference table for a few common distances at once.

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Sound Solutions Inc. handles AV design, installation, and system tuning across southern West Virginia.

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