Help planning a lighting circuit

[ShadowAviator]

Here's a question for you electricians.

I am planning out the lighting circuits in my small house in the country, and I am trying to figure out how many lights to put on each circuit. I know to calculate the wattage of the fixtures and use that to help get the numbers.

My question is, what wattage do you plan for on the individual light fixtures? I bought 4 100 watt fixtures, however I only plan to use LEDs. I believe those LEDs only run 15 watts. So do you plan for a 100 watt fixture or a 15 watt? If you plan for a 15 watt fixture, you could almost wire the whole house on one circuit. But if you plan for the old 100 watt bulbs, then you will be somewhat limited.

I guess I am curious what is the common way to plan out light circuits in new construction, today. How much do you take into consideration the new LEDs?

I don't plan to ever use anything other than LEDs (unless there is something else more efficient that comes along). I just don't want to create any headaches for myself down the road.

 

[Stuff]

For residential lights normally go on the same circuit that the wall receptacles are on for that room (other than kitchen/dining) so isn't a consideration. Giving lighting their own circuit takes more wire, is more work, isn't needed, and costs money.

 

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[WorthFlorida]

Wattage is alway the MAX WATTS the fixture is designed for thought a 100 watt fixture uses a 15 watt LED equivalent. A rule of thumb for spacings of recessed fixtures is about 8 feet apart if the ceiling is 8 feet high. As Stuff suggest, tie the ceiling lights with the outlets. Try to split the circuits so at least two breakers serve the outlets per room. If a breaker trips, you'll won't be completely in the dark. Sub a ceiling fixture for an outlet. 1 lighg fixture 7 outlets.

A google search:
Technically, you can have as many outlets on a 15 amp circuit breaker as you want. However, a good rule of thumb is 1 outlet per 1.5 amps, up to 80% of the capacity of the circuit breaker. Therefore, we would suggest a maximum of 8 outlets for a 15 amp circuit.