Still grappling with fluorescent light fittings

[GB]

Still grappling with fluorescent light fittings

We have four fittings, each with two four foot tubes. That is around

28000 lumens. A couple of tubes have blown, and it's not too dark, so we can probably cope with 20,000 lumens. It's what we feel we need in order to light the kitchen well, so we don't slice our fingers off whilst chopping the carrots.

A typical LED bulb gives say 300-400 lumens, and a typical kitchen may have ten, or less. So, most kitchens are probably running with around

1/10th the amount of light that we regard as the absolute minimum.

How come most of the population has not amputated their fingertips in inadequately lit kitchens? It seems to be a paradox.

[meow2222]

I'm quite happy with about 1/10th the lumens you have there. People vary.

NT

[S Viemeister]

_Where_ you have the light makes a difference. We have a ceiling fixture for general light, and under-cabinet strip lighting for the work surfaces.

[john james]

I don't have anything like the lumens you do in the kitchen.

Normally just have a single 4' tube on, sometimes another one too.

Haven't amputated a single finger in the kitchen.

I did amputate one but that was with a guillotine when I wasn't even a teenager, and that wasn't done in the kitchen either.

[spuorgelgoog]

They buy their carrots ready chopped.

Owain

[harryagain]

You have defective eyesight?

[harryagain]

I thought carrots improved night vision?

[charles]

That was WW2 propaganda

[Brian Gaff]

Well although I do not cook myself, I know of a lot of blind cooks who have never chopped off their fingers, which makes me wonder about the dexterity of the person in this thread.. grin.

Brian

[Brian Gaff]

I was going to suggest an led rechargeable miners lamp. However for many many years people managed with just a single incandescent bulb in kitchens, and there are still people with gas lights and oil lamps cooking so really its all relative. Brian

[Tim Watts]

You don't like Long Pig?

[meow2222]

you do?

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , GB escribió:

It's a stupid way of lighting a kitchen, no matter how many lumens there are on the ceiling. You're casting a shadow over the worktop - the place you most need the light. You need good worktop illumination, which usually means undercupboard lighting.

[GB]

We actually do the chopping in front of the window, so no option for under cupboard lighting. Otherwise, I'd agree with you. Because the lights are large and well spread out, and the walls are white, shadows are not a big issue.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , GB escribió:

Doesn't four double 4ft fittings look, well, a bit commercial? I assume you're talking about a domestic kitchen.

[john james]

Not when they are such distributed light sources.

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[DerbyBorn]

"john james" wrote in news:co3datFuck4U1 @mid.individual.net:

Our local Sainsbury's has replaced the fluorescents with LED strips which illuminate a sort of perspex diffuser which hangs down about 10 inches - throwing light sideways and from its under edge, have tried to find some info about them but no success.

[GB]

Yes, it does. That's why I am ho-humming about replacing them.

[GB]

That sounds interesting. Please do post if you can find any details, or a picture.

[meow2222]

Well, linear fl doesnt need to look commercial/industrial. You can buy pret tified fittings or create something yourself. The former are a fair bit mor e money.

NT