I had an idea to put an old 4 foot flu lamp on top of my kitchen cupboards to give a decent light enough to see to get a drink etc without turning on the main 8 foot flu lamp. The 4 footer was rated at 36 Watts the 8 foot one at 100 Watts so I thought I could leave the little one on for a few hours without racking up my bill too much. Anyhow I left it running this evening I just went out there my kitchen smells of burning and the fitting is super hot it burnt my finger. Also it tripped the RCD For that socket circuit The fitting was on its side whilst lit that should of been OK don't understand why it died. I tried powering it again around 2 seconds after plugging in the rcd tripped again Grrrr
Kitchen lighting is an interesting subject. We have a pair of 5 ft double tubes, but they do blow with monotonous frequency. I would never install them from scratch in my own kitchen. They are ugly!
I don't quite see the point in dangling lamps.
Which leaves down-lighters, but how many? Daughter calls them Heathrow landing lights. They need to be close enough so that the puddles of light merge, so in a square room, 9 seemed better than 4. I don't think that I over-did them, but they are bright. A slightly lower wattage may have been better. (Dimmers are ruled out because young madam wanted toggle switches. ? )
If you have high level cupboards (Daughter won't have them ?? ) I appreciate that under-lighting as JP mentions may be useful. Frankly though, it really is not to my taste and we manage perfectly well without.
Kitchen lighting is an interesting subject. We have a pair of 5 ft double tubes, but they do blow with monotonous frequency. I would never install them from scratch in my own kitchen. They are ugly!
I don't quite see the point in dangling lamps.
Which leaves down-lighters, but how many? Daughter calls them Heathrow landing lights. They need to be close enough so that the puddles of light merge, so in a square room, 9 seemed better than 4. I don't think that I over-did them, but they are bright. A slightly lower wattage may have been better. (Dimmers are ruled out because young madam wanted toggle switches. ? )
If you have high level cupboards (Daughter won't have them ?? ) I appreciate that under-lighting as JP mentions may be useful. Frankly though, it really is not to my taste and we manage perfectly well without.
