RE: Lighting Design for Kitchen

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ben,

I think you're doing the right thing designing yourself - I used a
"medium"=
level designer from John Cullen Lighting in London but really did most of =
it myself anyway when I was speaking to her! Wasted cash in my case (about
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=A3500 IIRC) - that was for the new loft office and stair wells.

25 fittings is a LOT!, but if a load of them are task/uplights/effect then
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that's closer. Still, they'll cost a fortune with associated CBus dimmers
a=
nd transformers, fittings and good quality lamps! I'd say, get that number
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down a bit if you can.

If they're 50W halogen, running costs would also be a factor you shouldn't
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ignore.

Do use a high quality lamp though - I used Bell Aluminium halogen 5000hr
di=
chroic lamps with a range of beam angles. They also have the benefit of
thr=
owing most of the heat forwards, so reducing the fire risk and melting of
f=
itting/transformer etc behind! Good quality lamps make a big difference to
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the quality of light and life of the lamp.

I replaced most of my downlights with a "dark" effect halogen -
has a black=
ring baffle inside the body before the lamp to reduce horizontal glare. Th=
is is nice as it adds a real feeling of "designed" lighting - a
lot less ey=
e drawing glare on the ceiling, more "pools" of light in
carefully chosen p=
laces etc.

Also consider the angle of beam of the lamp - you can do some great things
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with really narrow beams to illuminate smaller items/areas and use the
ligh=
t as a effect light. Also coloured filters/dichroic lenses can be fun.

These are the range I used for my replacement and new downlights:

http://www.lightcorporation.com/cat/downlights.php

Also used these in the loft shower room which look pretty funky - really
we=
ll made solid aluminium turned fittings - top quality:

http://www.lightcorporation.com/cat/cam50.php

I also used a number of colour changeable LED marker/uplights from:

http://www.abstractavr.com/

I used a custom version of:

http://www.abstractavr.com/steplights/

with 1W RGB LED's in, driven from a DMX capable LED driver. I've not
progra=
mmed them up yet, but will eventually be controlled via CBus and Kevin's
xA=
P/HV/CBus gateway (fab bit of kit!)

HTH?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Ben McCormack
> Sent: 29 December 2008 10:05
> To: UKHA Mailinglist; UK Selfbuild
> Subject: [ukha_d] Lighting Design for Kitchen
>
> All
>
> I have started looking into the lighting design for the kitchen. The
> space is quite large 4.5 * 5.5m and all of the lighting will be
> controlled by cbus dimmers.
>
> I have considered using a lighting designer but thought I would have a
> go myself last night.
>
> The plan is to have low voltage halogens in the ceiling and then task
> lights under the cabinets.
>
> So I started by finding that Aurora seem to produce nice fittings and
> transformers at a reasonable price. (http://www.aurora-lighting.com/)
>
> I then found Relux which is a lighting design program. Aurora produce
> the specifications for each and every one of their fittings that feeds
> into Relux. (http://www.relux.biz/) The software is
free to download
> and not too difficult to get your head around.
>
> So I chose a standard Aurora fitting and put all of the room details
> into Relux.
>
> You can also add things like windows and different finished on the
> floor and walls.
>
> Fitting - http://www.aurora-
>
lighting.com/ProductPages/LampProductDetails.aspx?g=3D2951&c=3D6&b=3D71&o=
c=3D81
>
> There are a couple of factors that affect the calculation
>
> Maintenance Factor - I assume this is used for commercial
> installations where Maintenance and blown bulbs can be a major issue.
> I set this to 1.
>
> Illuminance Required - After digging around I left this set at 500 lx.
> This seems to be a reasonable figure to use.
>
> The end result of this is 25 Light fittings in this space. Spaced on a
> 1m grid.
>
>
> So how does this compare with other people who have fitted low voltage
> in the kitchen. It seems rather a lot of light fittings to me?
>
> Regards
> Ben
>
>
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