"SPC" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm having downlights fitted in my living room tomorrow, but am a bit
worried about getting the number/positioning right. Want the room to
be quite bright and well balanced. Details as follows:

-Room about 12x13

But you missed units, guessing feet, and importantly height

-Chimney breast and bay window to consider
-Painted white
-Option to add additional table lamps etc

Get your electrician to add a seperate lighting circuit round wall`s,
dimmer, at light switch position, wired to 5A sockets is common.

and my fireplace already has
a downlight on it

As a picture light, guessing, so any additional arrangement has to include
this

As this is quite a small room I had initially planned to place
4x50watt eyeball downlights in a square. But having read some of the
posts here

Here being?
Im posting from sci.engr.lighting.

I am concerned that this won't be enough. Problem I have
is that the other half isnt keen on having loads of these all over the
ceiling, but I know she won't be happy with dim light!

200W sounds good.
Again personal taste but 5 or even 6 split over 2 circuits adds versatility,
think pentangle and hexagonal with the lights on the points.

Shape of the
room makes positioning the lights tricky when I try to bring more than
4 into the equation. Looks something like this (Obviously not to
scale.
_____ ______
! !__________! !
! !___
! x x !
! ! (Bay Window)
! ___!
! x x !
!_______________________!



Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated before D Day 2moro!
Really want to get this right!

Use a dimmer and pull cable round walls for table lamp circuit also on
dimmer. 2 or 3 circuits in one room,sounds excessive but is suprisingly
useful, even to technophobes...
Let us know how you get on

Adam


Thanks all

SPC