Hi,
Has anyone got some *bright* ideas on what to replace an ugly stip fluro light with in a renovated kitchen?
It's currently like one of these:
http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/61301_24Jun11_5ft-single-fluorescent-fitting.jpg
ie, ugly as hell.
The place is a mid range rental and although the room is not too big this is the only light source. We don't want to spend $$ rewiring for downlights. We are looking at replacing it with a nicer looking single light.
Was thinking track lights, however, light shop people tell me fluro lights are best (and cheapest) for kitchen because of the amount of light they give off per watt. Light shop people said LED's would cost a fortune in comparison.
Has anyone tried fluro spotlights and can comment in terms of light suitability for a kitchen? At the moment I am considering:
- 4 fluro bar light (look nice but don't want dark spots)
http://www.crompton.com.au/catalog/trade/luminaires/spotlights/gu10-fluorescent-spotlights/p/products/blls60404-bar-light
- 4 fluros (ditto about dark spots, also want to make sure enough light in kitchen)
http://www.crompton.com.au/catalog/trade/luminaires/spotlights/gu10-fluorescent-spotlights/p/products/klsb20092-4-spotlight
- boring yet effective fluro oyster, something like
http://www.crompton.com.au/catalog/trade/luminaires/ceiling-lights/fluorescent-oysters/p/products/exls2304-40w-large-square-oyster
No one can tell me anything about lumens outputs of any of these and whether they are suitable strip fluro substitutes so if anyone here has advice I'd love to hear it. Thanks!
Has anyone got some *bright* ideas on what to replace an ugly stip fluro light with in a renovated kitchen?
It's currently like one of these:
http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/61301_24Jun11_5ft-single-fluorescent-fitting.jpg
ie, ugly as hell.
The place is a mid range rental and although the room is not too big this is the only light source. We don't want to spend $$ rewiring for downlights. We are looking at replacing it with a nicer looking single light.
Was thinking track lights, however, light shop people tell me fluro lights are best (and cheapest) for kitchen because of the amount of light they give off per watt. Light shop people said LED's would cost a fortune in comparison.
Has anyone tried fluro spotlights and can comment in terms of light suitability for a kitchen? At the moment I am considering:
- 4 fluro bar light (look nice but don't want dark spots)
http://www.crompton.com.au/catalog/trade/luminaires/spotlights/gu10-fluorescent-spotlights/p/products/blls60404-bar-light
- 4 fluros (ditto about dark spots, also want to make sure enough light in kitchen)
http://www.crompton.com.au/catalog/trade/luminaires/spotlights/gu10-fluorescent-spotlights/p/products/klsb20092-4-spotlight
- boring yet effective fluro oyster, something like
http://www.crompton.com.au/catalog/trade/luminaires/ceiling-lights/fluorescent-oysters/p/products/exls2304-40w-large-square-oyster
No one can tell me anything about lumens outputs of any of these and whether they are suitable strip fluro substitutes so if anyone here has advice I'd love to hear it. Thanks!