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Light ideas….can lights?

alex2929

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I am slowly progressing on my shop. I have a 20x24 “bar” room inside of it. I want some sort of can style light inside or something resembling a can light for lighting. What’s the best route to go? I’m over whelmed with all the led options and stuff…..

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Terry D

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These are what I use. The newer style trims are nice because you have the choice of different colors out of the same trim. If you dont like the color just pull it down and slide the switch on top.


 

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I have probably installed over 30 of the 'wafer led' type lights in my house. Since they are no thicker than 1/2" they can virtually go anywhere, as long as there is room to stuff the attached electical box up into the ceiling. That means if your planned layout happens to fall under a joist or something - no problem. The newer ones come with a 'slider' on the box where you can pick the color temp

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I have found can lights to be good for low light / mood lighting. I have some dim able with directional trims so I can accent small areas and have enough light to move around, but have other fixtures for full light where I am trying to actually do something other than sit around
 

Zeke

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One thing that is important for anything but a work space is to try and conceal the source of the light. IOW, when you walk into a room the first thing you see isn't a light. That's why they invented lamp shades. So can lights do an effective job of task and ambient lighting w/o being in your face. Place some close to any wall where you might display things or hang pictures. You can use eyeball lamps in the perimeter fixtures to direct lighting. If you have an actual bar, place a row above. You can use pendant lighting there too, but that's a bit fancy dancey for me.

Somehow, I think track lighting is going to make a come back. It's so easy to reconfigure.
 
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