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From: john.benfield@xxxxxxx
[mailto:john.benfield@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06
August 2002
10:12
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] After
opinons of an aesthetic nature
>I've
got the choice of installing 30 20W downlighters (as in the
attached
tif) or
16
50W downlighters to cover the main living area. The
whole
system
is
going to be operated via a Polaron lighting >system. I'm
really
at sixes
and
sevens. Obviously 30 downlighters offer more flexibility,
but
on the
downside the total cost is much (£30 each installed
including
wiring
back
to node zero, plus more >channels means more dimmer packs
at
roughly
100
quid per channel) and I think that 30 lights in the
ceiling
may be a
bit
overwhelming.
Tim,
Are the
downlights you are using fixed or flexible one? If they
are
flexible
(ie
can be turned to point in different directions and angles)
I
would
have
thought that a smaller number would be okay.
I’m actually trying to find the
right fittings at the moment. I’ve seen some that aren’t
eyeballs
but can be changed from “tilts” to straight
downlighters.
Interestingly I’ve been fiddling
around with the design and if I do reduce the total number of downlighters,
I’m
actually going to need more channels in order to provide the lighting
scenes I
want!
Tim.