On Jan 9, 5:00 pm, Chris wrote:
My house is full of 12v down lighters and is really dark because all
the light is in the ceilings. When changing a bulb recently I left
the bulb hanging thru the ceiling for a bit and the light levels went
up significantly.

My question is can you convert down lighters to some sort of surface
mount that spreads the light.

Chris

All the light is probably on the floor...

The reflector on 12V lamps is usually a dichroic coating that lets
most of the infra red straight through but reflects most visible
light.

When you had the lamp dangling would have been refelcting off the
walls rather than a beam getting buried in the carpet.An adjustable
`eyeball or similar fitting woul allow you to aim the light to more
useful areas.
Cut out is probably slightly larger than straight downlighter ring,
its easier using a solid holesaw than a tank cutter to enlarge the
cutout.

Adam