How many lights in a burger van......

[-Matt]

A coach building company I do work for built a posh "burger van" for a customer.

now I put 14 GU10 Downlights into this space which I and everyone thought was more than sufficient.

However the customer believes this is woefully insufficient, and wants an additional 25 fittings fitted! ie 49 GU10 fittings.....

At 400LM per bulb this is almost 20,000 lumens in a ----ing burger van!!

It will be 3 rows of lights, with each light 5 inches away from each other!!

Maybe I should fit halogen bulbs, and he will have some heat lamps


Do you guys agree this is excessive........?

 

[Charlie_]

They don’t look like they are suitable for that environment

 

[freddo]

Don't worry if they are too bright now, the layer of grease that will build up will soon correct that.

 

[chrisdungan]

GU 10s ???? WTF go with LED strips

 

[EalingBadger]

A chap I know who became an electrician after several years as some kind of roving consultant chef for Waitrose insists that one cannot have too much light in a kitchen and at that it should be "daylight" / 6,000K bulbs as well.

 

[Charlie_]

The correct lighting levels can be achieved in many ways, this just happens to be in a, well, crap way

 

[freddo]

At least there is plenty of redundancy in the event of lamp failure...

 

[freddo]

With all the lights on, was it too bright?

 

[dmxtothemax]

Sounds like a man who likes high lumen levels
Leds are not best for high lumen work
The best would be hid lights
high in output but not high in heat

 

[freddo]

Almost exactly 1 year since the last reply! lol

 

[ipf]

Sorted 12 months back, I would have thought.

Beat me to it fred...…bloody sharp them foxes!