Which type of lighting fixture ?

[cam]

i am installin a 12ft table in a room , which type of lighting should i go for. i need it to be energy effic. but decent, also not too expensive. i have an old shade that i got with the table, the original wooden ply coffin shaped thing.

it has 2 lamp fittings each end for bulbs, but it is lookin a bit worse for wear.
i also thought LED was the next big thing but cant find anything. there is an led set in screwfix that has 5 strips, i am a keen DIY enthusiast.

[Steve748]

Have you thought of putting 8 or 10 LED spots in the ceiling?

[cam]

not crossed my mind, i have 8 50w halogen spots in my kitchen and they seem a bit dazzly. have you seen these used before?

[Steve748]

I'm going to use them when I fit out my room but you need to go and see what they look like. The local sparky supplies shop will stock them and they might have a display or a lighting shop in town?
Can be quite expensive to buy but they will cost a lot less to run than halogen. Even 12v still use 50w of power and I'm going to change my kitchen ones as well.

[finabb]

Led lights are expensive to buy and the light is not great, Led spot light are usually 36 degrees or normal 12v lights you can get 60 degress. I would stick with a normal type bulb in the canopy but you can get them with tungsten halogen 70watt the equivalent to 100watt or 102watt equivalent to 150watt, much better light output.

[Steve748]

I was hoping to do away with the canopy and have them in the ceiling. I am quite a long way from choosing at the moment so there is plenty of time to explore possibilities before making a decision.

[finabb]

A friend of mine has 8 of these bright downlights (look at the TLC electrical website No GL PL226E with a GL DGCF frosted bezel).
It was too bright for me and felt really strange playing on a table without a canopy, to open, to the extent that I stopped going round after 2 visits, and I wasn't the only one who said it was difficult to play on so he has but the canopy back up.
So what I'm saying is don't get rid of the canopy untill you and whoever else plays on it like's it.

[cam]

i want to see what the gu10 60led lamps with cool white light would look, but its expensive if you replace the old canopy.
the other option is to fitt the led's into the canopy which may be possible. thesse led's have a 45 degree spread, so a bit of trial and error is needed . also only 3watts per lamp, with 50w equivelant output .

[Slasher]

I use 2 x 4 T5 H.O. fixtures, very bright. If I had four and angled them it would look like the Crucible.

[checkSide]

Two of these will give you the same quality light as so called "specialist" fittings that are 3 or 4 times as expensive.

[jantweiler]

Hi,

I've got 4 neon lamps with each 58W and 1,5m long.
The lamps are appr. 1,3m above the table and the distance between them is appr. 1,2m.
In my opinion it's a very good lightning.

Tschöö
Jörg

[cam]

well, i have bit the bullet and got some gu10 light fittings which are tiltable. Ten in total but no bulbs as of yet. there are so many different lamps out there but i think i will get the brightest 3w cool white jobs. they are about 7 quid each. and have angle of 30 deg. so as long as i place them the correct distance apart i should be ok. Crucible here i come...

[Slasher]

I would be concerned about using single lamp fixtures without a diffuser, the lighting will be uneven and you will get hot spots aroung your table. With tubes you can get away without the duffuser.

[cam]

good point thanks, i will give them a try first before i fit them permanently.

[Rob G]

Have a look at snookerlighting.com

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