Lamp layout for open living area

  • Erstellt am 2015-10-16 08:04:01

krachbumms

2015-10-16 20:38:30
  • #1
not "where" would a dimmer be most useful, but "for which hotspots"? just noticed that I forgot to draw in the switch for the spots "C" :P a good symbol for my electrical planning... haha.
 

Irgendwoabaier

2015-10-16 21:16:03
  • #2
What about a proper lighting consultation? The problem is, of course, that it should take place in two stages - once now during the shell construction phase, and then again when it is fully furnished. Or you need a very good sense of: what does the market then offer in terms of lights, and how will the lighting be? Ceiling spotlights are particularly critical in this regard...
 

krachbumms

2015-10-16 22:15:22
  • #3
Unfortunately, that won't work. We are pressed for time.
The whole thing is a prefabricated house and we recently had our equipment sampling where we provisionally nailed down the entire electrical planning. So where the switches, light points, etc. are.
Unfortunately, we had less consultation than we had hoped for.

Although I gave it a lot of thought and effort beforehand, I am a total layman when it comes to anything related to electricity.

Now we still have until the middle of next week to pass on change requests and rearrange. And for this reason, I asked here for expert advice.

If I could see how someone who has at least some knowledge of the subject would illuminate the whole thing, that would be very helpful. Maybe someone can draw on my empty drawing from the screenshot in the initial post and add a few circles..?!
 

Irgendwoabaier

2015-10-17 08:37:24
  • #4
That is of course annoying... And no, I am not a lighting specialist, and what we have here is not necessarily transferable to all. But... in the living room area at the TV wall, we have two switched sockets, both separately switched from the living room entrance. In addition to the normally available permanently powered sockets at these spots. One of the two sockets is equipped with a floor lamp (end of the sofa, serves as a reading lamp or as an uplighter. Mostly used as a reading lamp, but it had to function as living room lighting until the normal lamps were installed – it took a whole winter, provisional solutions just last and last). Above the sofa, there are two halogen lights mounted on the ceiling (each 80W tube), which is more than enough for us. Dining table: LED pendant lamp, 4-flame. Kitchen: should really be done together with kitchen planning – we have a cooking half-island, ~3.3m long, just over a meter wide, and used from both sides (depending on who is doing what and helping with what – the comment “please chop the onions a bit finer” is otherwise somewhat dangerous). On both sides there is a two-flame halogen ceiling spot (each flame freely adjustable in the room!), each spot separately switchable (but not each flame individually). At the main workstation, the spot is mounted above the edge so that all drawers are well illuminated (works well!), on the other side the outlet is above the work surface. Both spots provide almost stadium lighting (4x50W), normal operation is 2x50W (+ recirculation hood-integrated lighting of the stove, as the hood otherwise shades too much). Mood lighting for coffee, wine etc.: the lighting under the wall cabinets is sufficient (also powered via a switched socket again)... Switches... Definitely walk through the paths beforehand and consider: do you have to turn to reach the switch? How does it look when you are carrying a laundry basket or groceries – how do you get to the switch/button?
 

Mycraft

2015-10-17 09:20:36
  • #5
So B I find totally nonsense... A should be in the middle of the room

C at the entrance is also suboptimal...

You have to plan a dimmer one near the sofa for living and one near the dining table/kitchen for eating
 

krachbumms

2015-10-17 18:36:25
  • #6
Spots above the couch - don't they annoy or aren't they somehow uncomfortable? Or does it depend on light temperature, etc.?

Spot A in the middle? Well, I would like to have light above the living room table. Am I old-fashioned there? B was intended as the central point of illumination for general lighting
 

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