Thread: Residential LED lighting

Currently in the middle of a major renovation to the lower half of my home. Gutted 4 rooms down to the studs all along the perimeter, removed all internal non load bearing walls, flooring, plumbing etc. Everything possible gone. Remodel to begin soon will include a new library, washroom, laundry room and family room. Still trying to find the right overhead lighting. I've run across Pixi (link below). Considering this product and wanted to know if anyone has any experience with them or similar product. Anybody using their flat panel lighting?? Anybody have an alternative LED system I should consider? All comments or suggestions welcome.

FlatLight | Residential | Pixi Lighting

No experience, but that's really interesting. I'll ask my brother for you, he's an electrical contractor.

Photos, we want photos...demolition, construction and finished product. please keep us posted.

LED lighting is a large growth industry right now, and so it should be. The biggest issue I see is much of it is very expensive. The last few jobs i did before i quit renovating had LED lighting. There are a lot of color differences out there. I suggest that if it is at all possible to go look at them in action in a large lighting store.

Didn't do an extensive renovation but did replace the bulbs in my lighting fixtures with LED bulbs Philips | LED 7W A-Line Slim Style Daylight - Case of 4 Bulbs | Home Depot Canada . As RezDog says there are a lot of colour differences. I chose the daylight versions at 5000K because I did not like the yellow cast to ones simulating the old conventional bulbs. It is a colder light with more blue in it. It is really best to see which you like if you can. There should also be some energy program rebates available for retro fitting homes with LED lighting.

Bob

I've wondered about LED lighting myself.
I see LED's with 100's thousands of hours advertised lifetimes and they work beautifully in automotive applications. My thinking is to run the lights on a separate circuit of 12V DC rather than paying through the nose for a light that has its own transformer. A 12V DC set up would also lend itself nicely to a low cost solar application.

Haven''t gotten serious enough about to any actual research yet.

Originally Posted by RezDog

LED lighting is a large growth industry right now, and so it should be. The biggest issue I see is much of it is very expensive. The last few jobs i did before i quit renovating had LED lighting. There are a lot of color differences out there. I suggest that if it is at all possible to go look at them in action in a large lighting store.

True shaun, but not just colour variation, also spread, sometimes cheaper fittings use a narrower beam angle to make them seem brighter, but you end up with pools of light.
Ideally you want to take a fitting home, attach a flylead, plug it in and hold it up wher you think you want it to see the real effect in your house. it is much less painful buying one light that it turns out you dont want than fitting 20 or more only to discover that you dont like them and you have to relace them and patch up a load of holes in your ceiling.