Difference between revisions of "Bad Ideas - Lighting"

Revision as of 12:56, 11 January 2007

Things to Avoid Doing!

Unless you have a football field to light up

A gross waste of energy and money

A perfect recipe for serious injury

A recipe for house fires. Often excessively power hungry too.

The only uplighter that manages to have none of the usual advantages of uplighting, and makes walls look terrible to boot.

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-'''500w halogen lights''', unless you have a football field to light up
+===500w halogen lights===
+Unless you have a football field to light up
-'''Dimmed PIR lights''' - a gross waste of energy and money
+===Dimmed PIR lights===
+A gross waste of energy and money
-'''Bare fluorescent lights with random tube''' - see [[Fluorescent Lighting]]
+===Bare fluorescent lights with random tube===
+See [[Fluorescent Lighting]]
-'''Halogen downlighting''' - see [[Halogen Lighting]] for why
+===Halogen downlighting===
+See [[Halogen Lighting]] for why
-'''Lights high up out of reach over stairs''' - a perfect recipe for serious injury
+===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.
+===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.
+===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.