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  1. Witzl

    Ideas for strip fluro light replacement in kitchen

    Almost.... the law there is that a homeowner can do their own basic work, such as replace switches and sockets and stuff, and they can wire up a new circuit, but they have to get a sparky to check it and sign off before connecting and making it live. EDIT - it's also worth noting that even with...
  2. Witzl

    Ideas for strip fluro light replacement in kitchen

    Typically... those ebay/bunnings led globes that are really cheap like this, are cheap for a reason: - lower light levels - poor quality LED electronics - fail prematurely
  3. Witzl

    Ideas for strip fluro light replacement in kitchen

    Yes drilling extra holes and running wiring around a room will cost more from the sparky... so yeah that does blow the cost out. I do all this stuff myself and im astounded just how much sparkies charge for what is brainless easy work - they just have this country scared of touching anything...
  4. Witzl

    Ideas for strip fluro light replacement in kitchen

    LED does NOT have to cost a fortune, it only costs a fortune if you buy it through them! Similarly, rewiring for downlights is NOT expensive. I recently renovated the kitchen in our townhouse, which had a surface mount 4foot "batten" type fluoro light, just like you have, as the single light...
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