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Right..........I have a tube light in the kitchen which has been artexed around.

I can't get the floor above up to fit downlighters

So I thought I would fit a MDF box to the ceiling in the tubes place, and fit downlighter in it???

I have had trouble before with mains downlighters, kept getting through a lot of bulbs, until I changed them from 50w to 35w

Can someone explain the pro's and con's of mains V LV lighting and which would I be better going for.


Also these very small lights you can get in packs of say 10........ such as these
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.j ... arch=false

Are they any good for the main lighting?...........15w bulbs

I can't resist it.

Yes I can

No I can't

MAINS IS LV

That's the sparks in me bursting out.

ELV has a more robust filiament

ELV lamps can be made smaller.

ELV lamps require a tranny

I know LV lamps require a tranny............ya old duffer

Just trying to suss out the best way as I seem to go through a lot of normal mains lamps

I don't like halogen lamps end of story, get a flourescent

Halogens get too hot and blow all the time

ultimatehandyman wrote:I don't like halogen lamps end of story, get a flourescent

Halogens get too hot and blow all the time

They do in my house................all the fecking time

They are a pain in the butt!

I have a flourescent in my bedroom and the kitchen

flourescent in the bedroom nothing like mood lighting eh

cheap halogens blow quickly, but the established names appear to last longer (osram)

skiking wrote:cheap halogens blow quickly, but the established names appear to last longer than my orgasm

still don't know the pros and cons of both types of lighting?

mains is easier to wire

but SELV bulbs last longer and give a nicer light imo

hey are a pain in the butt!

I have a flourescent in my bedroom and the kitchen Embarassed
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nothing like a 4' flourescent striplight to set the mood and get 'em wet

i gotta agree with SkiKing 100% here. i tend to use Osram dichroics and i honestly hardly get them blowing. as usual though, all variables must be taken into consideration: - how long are they on? how much vibration do they receive from the room above etc etc.
the lights in my bathroom have been in there for 3 years now and i have NEVER changed a lamp.

there is actually another way to put your lights in if that is the lighting you would prefer. i do not particularly like this idea myself and luckily have never been asked to do it but i have come across it a few times, mainly in new houses where the room above is tiled or one with a chipboard floor.

i have seen them done in a fashion called "joist jumping". basically wired from below. a rather crappy way of doing it but an option available if there's no other choice.