Kitchen Lighting - Guide4Home Lighting Guide

What Are The Options?

Kitchen lighting has come a long way from the days when a single 100 watt bulb fixed in the centre of the room was considered sufficient. These days, there is a huge range of products to high-light, low-light and brighten up every nook and cranny in your kitchen.

This home space has also gone through an evolution in recent years, it is no longer just a place for preparing and eating food but it is also a major family gathering point, a place to pay the bills or even accommodate a computer. With such varied tasks taking place in one room it is important to use lighting to suit each work area.

Before you start supplier hunting, make sure you sketch a plan that spotlights the activity in your kitchen such as kitchen islands, tables, desks, breakfast bars and desks. Then decide what style (general, ambient, task, accent or decorative) of lighting is needed in each area. Areas where you spend a lot of time like the sink, stove and kitchen table need a lot of light. Regardless of how many lights you install in your kitchen, lighting suppliers recommend circuiting them separately so the lighting is zoned. This helps you to create ambience by mixing the different lights you turn on.

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Halogens:

These provide a whiter more accentuating light, creating a dramatic look in your kitchen.

Fluorescent:

Fluorescent lights are some of the most efficient sources of light suitable for residential use. Full-size fluorescent lamps or tubes convert electricity to light with four time’s greater efficiency than the typical incandescent lamps. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are two to three times more efficient than incandescent lights.. Fluorescent lights are a good choice for locations where replacing expired lamps is difficult.

Incandescent:

These are not the most efficient users of electricity as only 10 percent of the electricity that enters an incandescent lamp comes out as light. Because of their inefficiency they should be used mainly for accent light, task light or dimming circuits.

 

 

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