On Nov 27, 8:09*am, Mikepier wrote:
I am redoing my basement and I wanted to put all H7 hi hats to replace
the flourescent lighting. I presently have 4 1X4 fixtures in. I am
trying to figure out how many hi-hats equals 1 fixture as far as
lighting goes.
have plenty of room in my electric panel so running a new circuit is
not a problem.

What type and watt bulbs do you plan to use. I think what you have
equals about 640w incandesant , maybe 2300-3000 lumen each, so you
might have 12000 lumen now and its not directional like downlights.
You will Im guessing maybe need 16-20000 lumen to equal what you have
now, spiral cfls probably will overheat, cfl flood lights might work,
2-4 pin flourescents will work. So maybe 20, 13w 2 pin flourescent
lights?