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LED Lighting Cost at 98% lighting option take rate: a worked example

What does the result look like when lighting option take rate reaches 98%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when lighting content, LED density, power draw, controller boards, harness length, and installation labor affect cabinet, kiosk, AV, or esports hardware cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • LED-lit units or lighting kits: 150 kits (unchanged)
  • LED lighting cost per kit: 22.5 $ / kit (unchanged)
  • Lighting option take rate: 98 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 85)
  • Fixed lighting setup cost: 420 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable LED lighting cost = led-lit units or lighting kits × led lighting cost per kit × lighting option take rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,728 $ for total led lighting cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 24.85 $ / piece for led lighting cost per kit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,308 $ for variable led lighting cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 420 $ for fixed lighting setup cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where lighting option take rate sits at 85% and the headline result is 3,289 $, this scenario comes in 13.34% above the baseline at 3,728 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when lighting option take rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It treats per-kit cost as flat; volume price breaks on LED strips, diffusers, and controllers can lower the effective rate at higher quantities, so refresh the per-kit figure per tier.

Results at a glance

  • Total LED lighting cost: 3,728 $ (headline result)
  • LED lighting cost per kit: 24.85 $ / piece
  • Variable LED lighting cost: 3,308 $
  • Fixed lighting setup cost: 420 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live LED Lighting Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.