Pool Table Light Height
Proper illumination of your pool table is essential in playing billiards accurately. If your pool table light is hung to high it will cause a glare in the players eye and if it is hung to low your pool cue may hit it. Here are some tips on hanging your pool table light:
- The pool table light should only illuminate your pool table and not the rest of your room.
- The pool table light must be centered along the pool table lengthwise. You can use the middle white diamond at the end of your pool table to help center the light.
- The average height of your pool table light should be 36" above the playing surface or bed of your pool table to the bottom of your pool table light shade. At this stage you can adjust your pool table light in order to ensure full illumination of your pool table only. TIP»When your adjusting the height of your lamp- turn off any lights in your room except your pool table light and adjust the light so there are no shadows on your table.
- A popular and more general way in determining optimum pool table light height is to hang the light so the bottom of your billiards lamp is level with the bridge of the your nose.
- If you want to install your pool table light before your pool table has arrived measure between 62 and 70 inches from the floor, and you can adjust your light precisely when your pool table is installed. Use the bridge of your nose as a gauge. 65" from the floor-up- to the bottom of your pool table light is average but a smaller table may be 62" from the floor up and 70" might be needed for a larger table.
The official WPA pool and billiard table specifications for lighting are specific, and are as follows:
- The entire bed and rails of the table must receive at least 520 lux (48 footcandles) of light at every point.
- A reflector or screen configuration should be used so that the center of the pool table bed does not receive noticeably more lighting than the rails and the corners.
- If the light fixture above the table is movable, the minimum height of the pool table light fixture should be no lower than 40 inches above the bed of the table. (1.016 m)
- If the light fixture above the table is fixed, and not movable, the fixture should be no lower than 65 inches above the bed of the table. (1.65 m)
- Light directed on the players should not be blinding. Blinding light starts at 5000 lux (465 footcandles) in direct view. The remainder of the venue such as the bleachers, should receive at least 50 lux (5 footcandles) of light.
See the full set of official WPA pool table and billiard equipment specifications at the WPA web site. (wpa-pool.com)
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