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Originally Posted by BigWallop

"Richard Faulkner" wrote in message
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In message , Mark Downey
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Hi everyone
I am installing a new kitchen and have had too pull down the ceiling to
extend the ring main - SWMBO has now decided she wants spots rather than
fluorescent lighting.
So the question is how many spots would I need for a 3.6m squared room
bearing in mind that I have a rafter running down the centre line of the
room.
we did think that 3 rows of 3 would be nice but cannot do it because of
the
centre rafter.(also how bright would 9 spots be?)

cheers

Mark

As someone in the property business, there seems to be a murmur going
around that Halogen spots have had their day. They are bloody difficult
to replace, and blow easily if you dont do it right, and the light
produced is directional rather than diffuse, (if they are the right
words).

Personally, I will never again specify halogen spots in any property -
mainly because of the difficulty with maintenance.

Screw in spots, fluorescent, or traditional tend to be easily replaced
and rarely blow.

Richard Faulkner

Halogen dichroic lamps are very easy to replace and maintain in my
experience. What type of spot lighting did you have in your properties?

My kitchen is 2.5mX4.5m. I put in 5 rows of 2 recessed lights which run 35w 240v lamps. As I was unsure ultimately how bright this would be, & was redoing all the wiring anyway, I put them on 2 circuits (ie, 2 gang light switch) so we can have all 10 on, 6 on, or 4 on. In the end, with the floor, kitchen units & black worktops this has worked really well. I used 240v spots - first month went through about 10 bulbs (lasted anything from 2 days to 2 weeks) & now I haven't had to change a bulb for about 4 months.