Browse Forums Lighting + Lighting Design 1 May 05, 2015 2:24 pm Re: Help with down light plan 17May 08, 2015 4:02 pm Personally I'd scale back to 2 in the dining, 4 in the lounge, otherwise I think it looks fine. I would stick with the same colour temp throughout - preferably 3000k or there abouts, but whatever floats your boat, but I would advise against going with a colour temperature higher than 4000k - that is just my personal and professional opinion. Try and go for a downlight with about 700-1000 lumens of light output, good glare cut-off, and a wide-ish beam angle of around 45-60 degrees. Make sure you select a downlight that is suitable for wet areas for your bathrooms, showers etc. Something with a minimum IP44 rating. Otherwise steam and moisture will get into the electronic circuit board and cause the LED's to fail prematurely. I had a rep from this company come and see me today, they supply these for about $40 wholesale (so your electrician would probably charge you about $50-60ea after markup etc). For the price I think they are a very well designed down light with good warranty and very high colour rendering index to make sure all your colours look good. http://www.greenilluminate.com.au/produ ... /invis-16/ There are a million other options available. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Help with down light plan 18May 13, 2015 1:25 pm Our Honeywood Build Did you get the cool or warm brightgreens? Could you post a pic or link me to a photo of yours..? Warm white in all rooms except bathrooms, toilet and bedrooms (except master). I went with 14w brightgreen's and very happy with the results. Just the right amount of light. Above my benchtops in the bathroom: Kitchen, i have four not six. Sorry, forgot i changed that last minute. And electrical plans 90% of the time in my house the only lights that are on are the kitchen four. That is enough to light the living area for general use. In my media room i only ever have the two lights on over the chair, dimmed to maximum, and during movies i turn them off. I chose (after handover) to install 20W T5 oyster (round) fluoro's in all bedrooms. I wanted warm white, but they don't make warm white in 20w versions. To be honest, 20w is a bit too dull. I am considering other options, but low on the list at the moment as they do work, just wouldn't want to read a book under them. My Noosa 23 Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72782 Re: Help with down light plan 19May 13, 2015 8:12 pm Hi Whizzz28 could you please post a pic of them on? I think I'll scale back to 4 in living + 2 in dining and 2 in kitchen as someone else mentioned. We've also got 3 pendants for the kitchen too so probably don't need 4 Re: Help with down light plan 20May 14, 2015 12:56 pm There are two schools of thought about this, but personally in your kitchen I would probably recommend using 2 or 3 downlights (plus your pendants) and rather than positioning them in line with your living room downlights, I would install them over the work areas and cabinets - after all, you want the light in those areas, you don't need it to light up the floor... Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 That drawing’s in the old units. The sewer tie is 1.44m deep and 4.5m offset from left boundary however the levels were taken ages ago so the surface level will have… 1 3483 6 20539 How long is a "long period"? For a few weeks, it should be ok. It also depends on the area you live in...I would let your neighbours know that you will be away too and… 1 27573 |