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"Syke" writes:
Having some time ago fitted (5) 12v halogen downlights, I am now thinking it
may have been a mistake. Even after swapping the MR16 50W bulbs for 20W, I
feel they are a bit wasteful. I note that there are fluorescent replacement
bulbs available but are about £10 each, and I'm not sure how these would
compare in terms of light output. Bearing in mind I don't want to replace
the wooden ceiling,(which I would probably need to do in order to mask the
resultant holes if I removed the halogens) I wondered if there were any
other options I could pursue, not being totally up to speed with all the
modern developments.

Downlighters will never provide good general lighting, which
is what you really need in a kitchen. We cover kitchen lighting
very frequently here, and I suggest you look back over the old
threads.

What you could do with the existing holes is to fit some low
power decorative lighting, quite separately from the main
functional lighting.

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Andrew Gabriel
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