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27th October 2023, 03:10 PM #1
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where to put new lights in bedroom?
got a bedroom 3m x 3m, looking at getting rid of oyster light that is a single light on the gryrock ceiling as pictured, thinking about replacing with 2 downlights in the positions marked.
what you think of the position of these lights? they look ok or somewhere else?? 2 enough?
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27th October 2023, 04:04 PM #2
We recently swapped out our old fan for a DC fan with a LED light and it throws out a lot of light and is dimmable. I would do that and delete any other lights apart from two bedside lights if you like, which could be wall mounted or a simple bedside lamp. I dislike having lights and fans in a small room because somewhere in the room you will get strobing if the fan is on. We got our DC fan from Beacon, it was a Nautica model.
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27th October 2023, 04:19 PM #3
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Downlights are imo crappy in general
Directly over a bed? You'll be staring up at them - won't be used.
Lighting that isn't directly into eyes is much better. Reflected light off walls and ceilings is good.
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27th October 2023, 05:42 PM #4
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We only have a ceiling fan with light and bedside lamps in all bedrooms.
Agree that if there is a fan, the light should not shine through the blades
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27th October 2023, 11:41 PM #5
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all good points there, will do some more thinking
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28th October 2023, 12:31 AM #6
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If I understand correctly what's proposed, they'll have to be used because the oyster light is going, but standard downlights will blind whoever is lying on their back in the beds.
However, with a suitable beam angle and gimbal lights to allow the beam to be directed away from straight down it could work in the places Wozzzzza has outlined in the plan. And more so if the lights can change between warm and cold lights.
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28th October 2023, 06:35 AM #7
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The typical layout from a lighting consultant for a room of that size is 4 downlights, I would place them as you have but add another two in the same locations at the entry and robe corners.
It is not just about adequate light ( which you probably don’t have for your robe with your proposal) but the room also needs to feel balanced.
I would also put a dimmer on them
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29th October 2023, 06:12 PM #8
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had a look online at a numbers calculator for the number i needed and it said i needed 30 in the bedroom. fark, may as well put in a skylight the size of the entire ceiling.
dont know what planet that website is from looking at it now i may go with 4 x 7w downlights in the bedrooms.
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30th October 2023, 02:14 AM #9
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30th October 2023, 07:34 AM #10
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I'd say you messed up the data entry. This calculator says you need 1783 lumens to light a 3m x 3m bedroom. It also says a 5W LED gives 450lm. So 4 x 5W LEDs will be adequate.
LED Downlight Calculator Australia - Lectory
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30th October 2023, 08:41 AM #11
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Our bedroom is 4mx4m and we have 4/10wattx785 lumen downlights approx 1m in from each corner of the room.
We have them set to white light and it is like daylight which to us is perfect.
The 2nd bedroom is same and 3rd bedroom is 3mx4m and has 2 which is also perfect
Fairly sure they are set at 6000k/daylighDSCN1043.JPGtDSCN1042.JPG
At our age lots of light is important.
We don't read in bed and the light above us does not bother us at all.
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1st November 2023, 06:08 PM #12
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1st November 2023, 09:19 PM #13
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1st November 2023, 10:27 PM #15
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I recently installed two pendant lights for my wife to replace her two bedside lights. Looks and works good
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