Doing a major remodel, taking out standard size Halo-type downlights. Customer want to replace them with hockey puck size fixtures. Most will be fixed down, but some need to be eyeball type for wall art. Any suggesstions as to good or bad brands?
Do it right, or do it twice.
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Did a little research...looking at Cooper-Halo housing H1499IC which is made for 4" low voltage small aperture insulation contact in new construction. Anyone have bad comments on this product? They have several different trims available, so I think I can get the look the customer wants.
Do it right, or do it twice.
Anyone have bad comments on this product?
I'd like to know about any comments on them, myself. I'd like to replace the single 120W fixture in my 1951 dining room with 5 LV units (one over the 'true' center of the table, and 4 infills around the corners). The lighting dealers in town are perfectly happy to show off their systems that are on the shelf--but not very helpful on whether that system is what I really want.
The Cooper-Halo looks like where I want to go--just wish I knew someone who had "been there" with the units. (Hate to find out, "oh yeah, for only $20 more, the dimmer is built in" . . . again.)
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I agree on the fixture questions. Some brands offer remote transformers, some dim, etc. Wish we had an electrician that could use a computer to answer our questions...Do it right, or do it twice.
My dining room has a lighting arrangement similar to what you want to put in. I have four LV at the corners just outside the perimeter of the table and a chandelier in the middle. I don't know, with me I still like the chandelier as an accent, not as a primary light source. Put the chandelier and the LV on separate dimmer controls. 38 degree flood for the LV
I don't know what kind of a look you try to achieve. If you don't want the clutter of the chandelier and op for minimalism, then go with 4 or 5 or 6 LV depending on your table arrangement.
Tom
Looked at the Juno & Halo web pages. Most of the low voltage units have magnetic transformers in the can. I have seen reference to electronic transformers but I am having a hard time finding them. Is it worth the added expense?
Do it right, or do it twice.
If you don't want the clutter of the chandelier
You hit that on the head. In a perfect world, it would be one dimmer for wall washing & infill lighting, and aseparate dimmer for the table (the food's the thing--with apologies to WS). Since my ceiling is 1/4" SR over 1x6 T&G, I have to be a little more deliberate in my planning (doubling the box for two dimmers is an other ordeal bu its lonesome).
I've got a very old (1985) Juno catalog, it's long on options, short on actual installations. I'll admit to preferring Halo, mostly due to some bad Lightolier experiences.
I appreciate the input (as, no doubt does elCid). Thanks
1985 catalogue? A lot of things have changed since then.
Here is a picture of the dining room ceiling.
Tom
I would stay with Halo, Juno or Lightolier. The adjustable Lightolier used to have the problem that the metal rim that holds the MR16 deforms over time from the heat of the lamp and the pressure of the springs holding it in place. They have since come out with an improved version.
Tom
we've used quite a few Lightolier and Juno without complaint.
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