I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?
Do I use a junction box?

Mark.

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wrote:
I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?
Do I use a junction box?

If they are mains you can use a junction box and 'star' connect or daisy
chain. It makes no difference.

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On Oct 12, 5:06 pm, wrote:
I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?
Do I use a junction box?

Mark.

Use low voltage downlighters, more efficient, better quality of light
and much better lamp life.
Get a kit which plugs together for simplicity.

Adam

Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Oct 12, 5:06 pm, wrote:
I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?
Do I use a junction box?


Use low voltage downlighters, more efficient, better quality of light
and much better lamp life.

Oh, you've done it now...

Or maybe you're a troll?

David

On Oct 12, 8:33 pm, Lobster wrote:
Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Oct 12, 5:06 pm, wrote:
I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?
Do I use a junction box?

Use low voltage downlighters, more efficient, better quality of light
and much better lamp life.

Oh, you've done it now...

Or maybe you're a troll?

David

Oh dear what have I said, or is it a CFL fan club in here.

LV downlighters get better efficiency lumens per watt than line
voltage incan lamps.
Higher colour temperature and better beam control because of smaller
filament.
Much better lamp life than GU10 MR16s, have some LV lamps that are
past there 10th birthday with a few hours day use.
Good transfomers wont buzz, but cost about as much as a whole kit out
of a shed, can reccomend Mode and IBL.

Adam

Adam Aglionby wrote:

Oh, you've done it now...

Or maybe you're a troll?

David

Seems a little harsh Lobster....

Oh dear what have I said, or is it a CFL fan club in here.

Na, we are pretty equally divided on them ;-)

LV downlighters get better efficiency lumens per watt than line
voltage incan lamps.
Higher colour temperature and better beam control because of smaller
filament.
Much better lamp life than GU10 MR16s, have some LV lamps that are
past there 10th birthday with a few hours day use.
Good transfomers wont buzz, but cost about as much as a whole kit out
of a shed, can reccomend Mode and IBL.

The option of using dichroic lamps is also worth mentioning with LV
setups, since this projects less heat forward and gives an improvement
in light whiteness again.

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John.

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John Rumm wrote:
Adam Aglionby wrote:

Oh, you've done it now...

Or maybe you're a troll?


Seems a little harsh Lobster....

Sorry, wasn't intended.... perhaps I should have included a :-)

Oh dear what have I said, or is it a CFL fan club in here.

Na, we are pretty equally divided on them ;-)

Not sure about that, ISTR every time downlighters are mentioned here
there seems to be a resounding chorus of disapproval!

We have quite a few at home, fitted by yours truly at SWMBO's behest.
Personally I don't particularly like them, mainly because of the power
consumption issue

LV downlighters get better efficiency lumens per watt than line
voltage incan lamps.

If you say so; but the practicality is that they only illuminate a
downward pool of light rather than the whole room, which is why my small
bathroom needs 4 of the buggers totalling 140W, whereas a 20W CFL would
light the room more effectively, at one-seventh of the power usage.

David

"Adam Aglionby" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Oct 12, 5:06 pm, wrote:
I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?
Do I use a junction box?

Mark.

Use low voltage downlighters, more efficient, better quality of light
and much better lamp life.
Get a kit which plugs together for simplicity.

Just make sure the transformer doesn't buzz like mad like my parents and
several others I have heard.

Steven.

wrote:

I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

How do take the single cable which currently feeds the strip-light and
branch it out to 6 spotlights?

Do I use a junction box?

Well that depends... I would strongly suggest using low voltage halogens
rather than mains since they are preferable for many reasons.

After that the choice of wiring comes down to how many transformers you
plan to have and where you will place them. In some respects the
simplest is one small transformer per light. That way you can wire each
position with switched mains, (star or daisychain or combination using
junction boxes etc), and poke the transformer into the hole you make for
the light.

If you are running from a central transformer then you need to watch the
current load on the wire - since even a small voltage drop on 12V lamps
will be far more visible than with mains. A workable layout would be
perhaps a star wiring layout from the transformer with two lights per wire.

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Cheers,

John.

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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:06:22 -0700 someone who may be
wrote this:-

I'm planning on replacing the kitchen strip-light with either 4 or 6
recessed halogen spotlights.

For what reason(s)?

What alternatives have you considered?


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