A 4 lamp 4 foot fixture can go from what you have now about 7200 lumens in led terms or the equivalent of replacing a fixture that has four brand new fluorescent tubes with four 1800 lumen led tubes to nearly twice as bright about 12 000 lumens with four 3000 lumen led tubes depending on the lumen rating of your led replacement tube.
What to replace a fluorescent light with in the kitchen.
A standard reflector type floodlight casts a beam of light beam spread of about 70 degrees which is good for general lighting.
Essentially you can replace the fluorescent light with any fixture as long as you make sure it will provide the light you need.
When it comes to the cooking zone leds are a perfect choice.
Improving your kitchen lighting can be as simple as switching to different light bulbs fig.
This past week has been full of showhouse meetings and children s hospital projects but we also managed to knock three more bullets off our kitchen to do list.
I m also debating on installing a few recessed lights inside the lightbox.
D and there is a wide range to choose from.
Depending on the size of the soffit in relation to your kitchen you may want to add additional task lights around the soffit above the counter tops.
If you re still looking for inspiration try searching interior design magazines and websites for other ideas for replacing fluorescent lighting boxes.
What a relief that was to find out 8.
Adding crown moulding inside the soffit is a great way to give it a finished look.
With no need to change wiring it s simple to replace an old fluorescent kitchen fixture with a new track light.
You ll need to determine your light output for your square footage.
It would give your kitchen a new exciting look.
Track lighting can be connected to the same wiring used for a fluorescent fixture.
Instead of fluorescent light on your ceiling you can choose flush mount kitchen lighting or leds arranged on the ceiling to illuminate the entire room.
We 1 patched primed and painted the old yellowed ceiling 2 replaced the two fluorescent lights in the kitchen area and 3 replaced the light over the breakfast table.
I would recommend getting usaskypanels for fixing up your fluorescent lighting.
I recently remodeled my kitchen and loved that i chose to install skypanels for my fluorescent lighting.
The led one we chose had a lightweight plastic one but as you can see in the photos above the box under the fluorescent fixture was pretty standard and you could use any standard light fixture with the metal plate.
My lightbox measured 4 x6 x12 around.