How many watts do your spots have?

Hello,

do you have LED or halogen spots?
How many watts do the respective spots have, and do you find the brightness sufficient?
What/how do you illuminate with how many watts (per spot)?

Does anyone have indirect lighting with LED, how many watts do you have per spot or how many spots, and how is the brightness for that?

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Do you have LED spots aimed at the countertop in your kitchen, how many watts do they have?
-> How many meters "must" a spot with how many watts illuminate, for example, one spot with 4W per meter (approximately, of course)?
Do you have 2700k, 3000k, or other kelvin in your kitchen? Are you satisfied with the light color your spot has, if yes, what light color does the spot have, and if no, what light color would you choose?
Would you say that if one LED spot with 4W shines on the countertop every meter, that is sufficient or rather too dark?

If you wanted to or do illuminate indirectly with LED spots/spotlights, e.g., a "classic floor lamp" that floods the wall and ceiling with light, how many watts would you take and which color temperature regarding LED?

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Are these common 3, 4, or 5W LED spots bright or rather dark, or how should one imagine that?
Is, for example, a 3W LED spot rather dark and a 5W LED spot already provides quite decent light?

Feel free to also share your experiences and similar things with LED.
I need a bit of help.

So we have 8 spots in our kitchen, plus two spots at the dining area. Evenly distributed throughout the kitchen and directly above the sink are two of them. The spots have 3.5W at 2700K. Above the stove we have our recirculation hood, which also has LED lights, and under the wall cabinets there are also LED lights. The lighting is perfect in all areas and great for working. I wouldn't want to change anything.

I’ve attached our kitchen plan with the marked spot positions and a picture of the finished kitchen. The positions are currently estimated and not accurate to the centimeter. I would need to measure again, as I didn’t make the drawing digitally.

We have ceiling spotlights in the hallway and kitchen.

We already had 15W LEDs from China... let me put it this way... Osram 5W are just as bright.

It is also very important what beam angle the light sources have. At 35° you need a significantly larger number with less power than if you take widely scattering ones with 120°. In the narrow hallways we have a row with 80cm spacing, in the kitchen 2x3, similarly arranged as Uwe.

What you should definitely pay attention to is that there is enough light above the sink/worktop.

Hello, man, those are already good infos, thanks for that!

At the kitchen studio, for example, I was advised 3000k and a color index (CRI) of 90 to make food look a bit better.

But these are infos I can hardly make much use of yet since there is hardly any experience with LED lighting.

€: So in the kitchen, I have planned about one spot every 70 cm for the countertop. I have now ordered one socket and one spot with 4w (just under 300lm) to test. But I am still skeptical whether it will be bright enough since the spots are at a height of about 2m.

Then there is the issue of the visible roof truss. I wanted to illuminate the roof truss from the purlins. I also did not want to floodlight completely but rather keep the light cone somewhat between the rafters, I think that looks a bit better. But here I am already skeptical whether I will get enough light between the rafters with a 5W spot. Also, wood absorbs quite a bit of light, which would mean a bit more power... Then I will also need 10-20 spots because the room itself is already that large.

What you should definitely pay attention to is that there is enough light above the sink/worktop.

Correct. Especially that the spots are centered above the work surface, so that even when leaning forward slightly you don’t cast a shadow, is very important for comfortable work. This worked quite well for us because we had wooden beams at 70cm intervals, so the first row of spots is positioned about 30cm away from the wall. I checked again precisely: We have sweet LED, which are quite cheap at €6 each, with 3000K, 120° beam angle, 320 lumens, and CRI 80. Whether 90 makes that much difference, I can’t judge. Whether it’s relevant for oneself is something you have to consider yourself.

Don't you have any power outlets on the cabinets? For the extractor hood or something?