Domestic Kitchen Downlights

[Strima]

Right, I don't do a lot of domestic, if you need a DC UPS system then I'm your man.

I'm getting the kitchen redone and Kev the kitchen fitter isn't getting his hands on my cables... Yes, I know, Part P blah blah blah...

I'm looking at Halers LED down-lighters for the main working area but I would bow to those with more experience when selecting the lamps.

What do people tend to go for when selecting beam angle? Narrow or wider beam?

Ceiling is standard height, house is 1975 mid terraced so no real features inside this bland box.

Cupboards will be a light colour with slate grey worktops and lime tiled floor if that makes any difference.

I was thinking of cool white for the lighting but would warm white be better with light decor?

 

[MJPD29]

I'm certainly no interior designer but it sounds like cool white would be better There, and I always sway towards wide angle lamps

 

[Andy78]

Cool white if you want it to look like a dentist's, warm white if you want to please the majority of customers, daylight white if you want it really "awake" bright.
Wide beam angle unless you want to be adding more lights than necessary, but if using GU10 bear in mind that the effective beam angle can alter with the way the fitting presents the lamp.

 

[ipf]

Hi Strima.
Have a look at Orbio (Ansell) 7.6w , decent stuff. I'd go for warm white 3k in most situations....cool is cold, especially in a bland box. Look for a wider angle, unless you've got your kex down.
Halers are well regarded.

 

[Midwest]

I quite like JCC down lights (not the FGLED6). Problem is one mans women's brightness is another's darkness.

I prefer the look of 'cob' LED lamps as opposed the multi LED lenses. If you putting in under cupboard light, make sure you choose something in aluminium extrusion.

Ditto warm white.

 

[telectrix]

i go for cool white in a kitchen. you need good light. it's a room for cooking etc., not for relaxing watching constipation street.

 

[Midwest]

i go for cool white in a kitchen. you need good light. it's a room for cooking etc., not for relaxing watching constipation street.

Not a good look, wearing sunglasses indoors.

 

[rolyberkin]

Without hijacking a thread or sounding like a Luddite, I fitted some £6.50 LAP downlights today in a rental property and to be honest in the ceiling I couldn't tell the finished difference from any of the £23-30 downlights I fit, just saying!

 

[telectrix]

did our kitchen spots in 2009. ( the LED technology was poor then ). 6 x cool white 5 watt . fine for a while but eventually, 1 x 1 all died. replaced 2 years ago with minisun. all good.

 

[Squid]

Just do what I did,

 

[Octopus]

JCC if you want integrated lights:

KSR or Robus fitted with megamann GU10 LED's if you want to be able to replace the lamp bulbs.

Personally I always recommend warm white

Always fit dimmable units ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[gutterball]

I have just recently fitted some of these in a kitchen. Ansell Lighting - http://www.anselluk.com/en/product/AFRLED I had given the client the Ansell catalogue to pick outdoor lighting and they decided they wanted these for the kitchen. 4 of them do a surprisingly good job of lighting a small kitchen and don't look too bad.

 

[baazab]

Is this fire rated lightd

 

[Judd]

I would recommend warm white also, the majority of homeowners prefer this tone in kitchens although some do prefer cool white. Personally I think cool white gives the atmosphere of lab or as someone else mentioned a dentists,
With my last firm we used megaman lamps, rarely went back for failed lamps but it did happen.

 

[Strima]

Without hijacking a thread or sounding like a Luddite, I fitted some £6.50 LAP downlights today in a rental property and to be honest in the ceiling I couldn't tell the finished difference from any of the £23-30 downlights I fit, just saying!

I put six GU10 holders in my bathroom a few years ago, all from the pound bin in the big orange shed, chucked in some cheap and nasty LEDs for under a tenner, still going now.