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− | + | ===500w halogen lights=== | |
+ | Unless you have a football field to light up | ||
− | + | ===Dimmed PIR lights=== | |
+ | A gross waste of energy and money | ||
− | + | ===Bare fluorescent lights with random tube=== | |
+ | See [[Fluorescent Lighting]] | ||
− | + | ===Halogen downlighting=== | |
+ | See [[Halogen Lighting]] for why | ||
− | + | ===Lights high up out of reach over stairs=== | |
+ | A perfect recipe for serious injury | ||
− | + | ===Halogen uplighters=== | |
+ | A recipe for house fires. Often excessively power hungry too. | ||
− | + | ===Plaster half-bowl uplighters=== | |
+ | The only uplighter that manages to have none of the usual advantages of uplighting, and makes walls look terrible to boot. | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 11 January 2007
Things to Avoid Doing!
500w halogen lights
Unless you have a football field to light up
Dimmed PIR lights
A gross waste of energy and money
Bare fluorescent lights with random tube
Halogen downlighting
See Halogen Lighting for why
Lights high up out of reach over stairs
A perfect recipe for serious injury
Halogen uplighters
A recipe for house fires. Often excessively power hungry too.
Plaster half-bowl uplighters
The only uplighter that manages to have none of the usual advantages of uplighting, and makes walls look terrible to boot.