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[FelixDeCat]

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[Macamus Prime]

Set the offender's house on fire.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Set the offender's house on fire.

Only if they dont agree to get rid of their island kitchen as well.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Only if they dont agree to get rid of their island kitchen as well.

Island kitchen + recessed lighting means they are murderers; if you come across anyone like this, snuff them out ASAP. And, burn their house down.

 

[deadlyapp]

Nice thing about recessed lighting is that some of the heat goes into the ceiling rather than the living space.

 

[PimpJuice]

I hate recessed lighting. There is nothing special about it. It causes you to have to power more bulbs than necessary and is otherwise just plain tacky in my opinion. We should phase out this bad idea in future constructions if you ax me.

It looks better retard

 

[highland145]

Aren't they lower wattage so more of them would still be less power consumption?

If not Mac is correct.

 

[alkemyst]

recessed lighting can be anything from high wattage halogen to low watt CEFL.

Most people added it to areas where it wasn't proper.

Lighting is where most get it wrong.

 

[Mark R]

The problem with recessed lighting is that it produces primarily downwards directed light. This is great for large offices where many workers need to use monitors - as the direct downlighting minimizes glare and reflections (which come from shallow-angled light rays).

There are many problems with downlighting in a home environment:
1. It doesn't illuminate the walls - giving a dark and unwelcoming appearance.
2. Most of the light is directed at the floor, as most space in homes is living space - not work space. As floors tend to be dark in color, this means most of the light is wasted. As a result, recessed halogen downlighters are the least energy efficient of all lighting technologies (when measured in terms of "useful" light output)
3. People like to lie down, or recline in their homes. This posture exposes them to intense direct glare from the lights - which are often high-intensity halogen spots/narrow floods - which is uncomfortable. This is what makes recessed lamps particularly unsuitable for bedrooms.

For most living areas, pendant lamps provide the best balance of diffuse ceiling reflected, wall and direct lighting (provided an appropriate shade is used to reduce direct glare). For rooms where directed lighting is required (like living rooms, where accent lighting for points of interest - e.g. pictures/decorative furniture) ceiling mounted spotlights are probably the best choice.

For work rooms, such as studies, utility rooms - halogen downlighting over work surfaces is an acceptable option. In particular, for rooms where computers are to be used for long periods, dimmable halogen downlighters over the desks are an excellent choice.

If energy efficiency is desired (e.g. in home offices for someone who works from home) consideration should be given to the use of proper commercial office fluorescent strip-lighting. These are available in downlight form (sometimes called Cat 2 - which are normally recommended for computer use), but for small home offices a diffused fluorescent strip, or a balanced ceiling-reflected suspended uplighter are probably more appropriate.

 

[corwin]

In the right places they are awesome...have one over my shower so in the mornings I don't have to blind myself with the 8 bulb blast of the array over the sink right off the bat, a nice gentle way to ease into the light of day

 

[FelixDeCat]

The problem with recessed lighting is that it produces primarily downwards directed light. This is great for large offices where many workers need to use monitors - as the direct downlighting minimizes glare and reflections (which come from shallow-angled light rays).

There are many problems with downlighting in a home environment:
1. It doesn't illuminate the walls - giving a dark and unwelcoming appearance.
2. Most of the light is directed at the floor, as most space in homes is living space - not work space. As floors tend to be dark in color, this means most of the light is wasted. As a result, recessed halogen downlighters are the least energy efficient of all lighting technologies (when measured in terms of "useful" light output)
3. People like to lie down, or recline in their homes. This posture exposes them to intense direct glare from the lights - which are often high-intensity halogen spots/narrow floods - which is uncomfortable. This is what makes recessed lamps particularly unsuitable for bedrooms.

For most living areas, pendant lamps provide the best balance of diffuse ceiling reflected, wall and direct lighting (provided an appropriate shade is used to reduce direct glare). For rooms where directed lighting is required (like living rooms, where accent lighting for points of interest - e.g. pictures/decorative furniture) ceiling mounted spotlights are probably the best choice.

For work rooms, such as studies, utility rooms - halogen downlighting over work surfaces is an acceptable option. In particular, for rooms where computers are to be used for long periods, dimmable halogen downlighters over the desks are an excellent choice.

If energy efficiency is desired (e.g. in home offices for someone who works from home) consideration should be given to the use of proper commercial office fluorescent strip-lighting. These are available in downlight form (sometimes called Cat 2 - which are normally recommended for computer use), but for small home offices a diffused fluorescent strip, or a balanced ceiling-reflected suspended uplighter are probably more appropriate.

Well said. What do you do for a living?

 

[FelixDeCat]

In the right places they are awesome...have one over my shower so in the mornings I don't have to blind myself with the 8 bulb blast of the array over the sink right off the bat, a nice gentle way to ease into the light of day

One or two here and there are fine but people over do it. I prefer skylights.

 

[corwin]

One or two here and there are fine but people over do it. I prefer skylights.

True, would love to have some myself...wouldn't help with the shower in the morning though

 

[alkemyst]

Pendant lights are just the new recessed. The are tons of variety and diffusers available.

 

[Modelworks]

It is task lighting. Using it for room lighting is going to make the ceiling have lots and lots of holes !

 

[FeuerFrei]

Recessed lighting is also good for low ceilings where someone could whack their arm or rifle on a dangling fixture.

But I'm not a fan of it.