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Commercial (shop) lighting - recommendations?
HI Folks
A group of us are setting up a co-operative art & crafts gallery / shop out here in south-west Ireland. We've pretty much decided on some premises - but they're going to need some work to improve the lighting. Decent lighting's pretty important to show off the items that are on sale. However, we're on a fairly tight budget - not just for the capital items (light fittings etc) but also for the ongoing running costs. Premises currently have 2 double fluorescents (5ft or so?) in the larger room (24ft x 10ft) and one double flouro in the smaller room (13ft x 8ft). There are also two recessed downlighters fitted with led spots - but they don;t seem to contribute much light (if any!!) Spotlights would be great, but we're concerned about installation & running costs - and I've used led spots in the past to replace the little 50w halogen spots on an exhibition stand and they are simply not bright enough. So - not wanting to start a 'holy war' on leds vs halogen - but what's peoples experience on lighting such a retail outlet.... ...my gut feel is more fluoro's - not pretty, but highly effective and cheap to run...?? Thanks Adrian |
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