Lighting up a galley kitchen - ideas?
G'day everyone,
I have been using these forums for the good renovation advice for ages and today I thought to myself "JohnJohns, why don't you ask a question yourself?". So here goes.
I have a 4m long galley-style kitchen with a single lonely light in the centre. I have a cathedral ceiling with the exposed rafters and no cavity to play in. I have no wall cabinets to install task lighting under and the only wall I have is mostly covered in window and rangehood and made up of core filled block.
I want to get suitable light down the whole 4m of kitchen powered from that existing power source in the centre of the room. I am thinking a series of fluoro's running down the centre of the room suspended on wire (to get the lights away from the rafters). I hope to find some snazzy ones with nice casings covering the bulbs, I have seen some cool-but-expensive commercial products.
Has anyone got a situation like this themselves or has anyone got some ideas?
I looked at a trapeze 12volt system but I hear reports about excessive power usage, heat and regulary replacing bulbs that scared me off.
Thanks,
two lights off one power source?
Thanks for your help everyone.
Just a quick question, is it possible to hang two long fluro fittings end to end and power them from the one power cable? So when you flick the switch two fluros will light up?
If I can do this I can make it look like I paid the big bucks for a commercial interconnecting system.
Thanks