In article ,
blackhead writes:
I have a 40W fluorescent ring type for an 18x9 foot kitchen which is
nice and bright but perhaps a little OTT since I have an 11W energy
efficient bulb lighting a similar sized room, the down side being it's
very dim to start with.

So what do you use to power your kitchen?

I've done lighting in 3 different kitchens as follows.
Each line below is a separately switched circuit.

Kitchen 1.
4 x 16W T4 + 1 x 20W T4 fluorescent tubes on cupboard tops (general lighting).
3 x 16W T4 under cupboard + 11W TL in cooker hood (task lighting).
5W 12V halogen capsule as an emergency light on ceiling (mains fail only).

Kitchen 2.
5' 58W T8 + 21W 2D on cupboard tops, plus 26W TL wall uplighter (general).
1149mm 35W T5 + 8W T4 fluorescents under cupboard lights (task lighting).

Kitchen 3. (Constrained by someone else's requirements, not my ideal choices)
Central light designed for 100W GLS. Can now only just fit an 18W CFL[1].
3 10W downlighters [2] for worktop with no cupboard over (includes sink).
6 10W halogen capsules (task lighting), plus 11W TL fluorescent (cooker hood).

[1] Only in last few months have CFL's with enough light output got short
enough to fit this fitting. Tended to use GLS shaped 60W or 100W
halogens until then. CFL still not as bright as 100W GLS.

[2] Home made, see http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/lights/diy/
(The 13W T5 fluorescent on that page was an undercupboard light
in Kitchen 2 until it was refitted in 2002.)

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Andrew Gabriel
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