joseywales
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It's a finished room with no ceiling lights and a drywall ceiling, with no access above (there's a room directly above this room). We want to install a pool table and at times use the ping pong option, so a traditional hanging light wouldn't work, plus the light would block the view of an existing TV. So I'm thinking either track lighting or recessed lighting for the pool table. Another option might also be a flush mount 2x4 LED light. Dimmer not matter which lighting I use
- Track lighting would probably be the easiest, but then I'm running the conduit along the wall, so not the cleanest look. Unless I run wires similar to below, in which case then it becomes which lighting would be best for the table.
- for recessed lights, directly next to the table, there is a 2 foot by 8 foot closet, with an outlet on the outside wall. We could cut a hole inside of the closet to access the power to that outlet. Cut hole at the top of the same wall and fish a new wire to the outlet. Run that same wire across the ceiling to just above the pool table (runs with the joists above, so shouldn't be too bad). It's about a foot off center of the table and of course isn't connecting other cans to it a PITA, or perhaps not possible without cutting more drywall? Also, these cans would most likely have to be at the edge of the table, possibly eyeballing toward the surface, to avoid shadows. That means running more wire through.
- for a flush mount, we could perhaps run the wire the same as for the recessed, but I only need to connect one fixture, say a 2x4 LED flush mount light. That would bring a lot of overhead light and I could challenge any shadows with some supplemental floor lighting.
How would you approach this?
Which lighting of the three would provide the best for a pool table, without making the room look like a dentist's office?
Open to any ideas.
- Track lighting would probably be the easiest, but then I'm running the conduit along the wall, so not the cleanest look. Unless I run wires similar to below, in which case then it becomes which lighting would be best for the table.
- for recessed lights, directly next to the table, there is a 2 foot by 8 foot closet, with an outlet on the outside wall. We could cut a hole inside of the closet to access the power to that outlet. Cut hole at the top of the same wall and fish a new wire to the outlet. Run that same wire across the ceiling to just above the pool table (runs with the joists above, so shouldn't be too bad). It's about a foot off center of the table and of course isn't connecting other cans to it a PITA, or perhaps not possible without cutting more drywall? Also, these cans would most likely have to be at the edge of the table, possibly eyeballing toward the surface, to avoid shadows. That means running more wire through.
- for a flush mount, we could perhaps run the wire the same as for the recessed, but I only need to connect one fixture, say a 2x4 LED flush mount light. That would bring a lot of overhead light and I could challenge any shadows with some supplemental floor lighting.
How would you approach this?
Which lighting of the three would provide the best for a pool table, without making the room look like a dentist's office?
Open to any ideas.
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