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Outdoor Wall Light Sizes: Help Customers Choose
Will this wall light look right beside the customer’s door? A close-up cannot answer that—even for an experienced importer. Start with the product and the setting, then use its real dimensions and a scaled installation view to make the choice clear.
Product photographs show the design, but often hide the size
Factories commonly enlarge each product to fill its own image frame. When different-sized lights occupy similar space on a catalogue page, a buyer can mistake image size for product size. A close-up of one fitting gives little indication of how it will look on a facade.
A homeowner comparing 16-inch and 20-inch lanterns was still unsure after applying a door-height ratio. The question captures the same difficulty that a dealer faces when reviewing factory images: knowing a number is not always enough to picture the installed result. Read the original discussion.
Instead of asking customers to judge from photographs alone, give them three complementary pieces of information: the actual dimensions, the product in a scene with a known scale, and guidance for checking the area they want to illuminate.
Start with a dimensioned drawing: the GD-PW056 example
The supplied CAD-based drawings for GD-PW056-D, GD-PW056-K-E27 and GD-PW056-Z each show an overall height of 281.4 mm, width of 150.1 mm and depth of 97.8 mm. These dimensions explain the physical envelope; the different versions should still be checked individually for their light-source configuration.
Height and width help buyers judge the visible outline. Depth shows how far the fitting projects from the wall. The fixing arrangement and maintenance clearance should be checked in the installation documents separately.
Show the same light beside a door at a consistent scale
For this example, use a 2.2 m-high door and position the centre of the light 1.8 m above finished ground level. Keep the wall light and the door on the same drawing scale. The buyer can now see the fitting’s size in context instead of guessing from a close-up.
A front elevation is particularly useful because perspective does not make a foreground product appear artificially large. A separate enlarged view can show the product details without changing the scale of the installation view.
These heights define this planning example. For a customer’s project, replace them with the actual door height and intended mounting position, then confirm the installation requirements for the selected model.
Separate physical scale from the area to be illuminated
In the accompanying layout, the customer’s planning target extends 5 m outward from the wall. This identifies the area to discuss; it is not a measured lighting reach or a statement that the entire area will receive a particular illuminance.
The dealer should ask what the light needs to do within that area: make the entrance welcoming, help someone use the doorway, or provide useful light along the approach. Then review the selected version, its light source and available photometric information against that purpose. For an E27 version, the chosen bulb is part of that assessment.
If coverage is important to acceptance, request a suitable lighting calculation or a trial using the intended configuration. Agree the assessment conditions and the useful-light requirement. A glowing scene image can communicate atmosphere, but cannot establish the usable range on its own.
Give customers something they can choose from
A scene attracts attention. A clear product view shows the design. Dimensions and a scaled installation view answer “Will it fit?” Put them together so importers can select their range and dealers can explain the same choice to homeowners.
View GD-PW056-D: product details, dimensions and configuration. Use the exact version when requesting a sample or confirming the lighting configuration.