The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #143619 Message #3315646
Posted By: Bill D
01-Mar-12 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Counting lamps/light fixtures
Subject: BS: Counting lamps/light fixtures
I had already studied this when the door thread appeared, but I decided to do a more careful count because it dawned on me that we have quite a few light fixtures & lamps.
Perhaps you have more...but I doubt it....
Now... I DO have a shop, spread thru 2 basement rooms, and need a few extra for work, but I was startled to find I have between 85 & 104 lighting fixtures (depending on whether lamps with multiple arms are counted as 1..or more)...NOT counting porch lights or portable LED things (I have 5-6 of those).
I am including built-in ceiling fixtures, but not 4-6 watt 'night-lights'. I seem to accumulate lamps and hate to just throw out working appliances, so I find places for them. There are several (5-6) that are not usually plugged in that are taken to craft shows for table lighting.
There are 4 freestanding floor lamps, and 8-9 florescent fixtures...some hanging in the shop, 3 built into the house.
But there are...*gulp*... about 55 'lamps' sitting on tables, shelves, and hanging on walls. I can light almost any room in any pattern I wish, from indirect low light to bright direct 'interrogation' style.
Most of these now have the new compact florescents, but 2-3 places still have dimmers that need incandescents. I DO use several new 'dimmable' CFLs, but they are just not perfected yet. I hope that they get better before I can no longer get incandescents.
No... I have NOT considered turning them all on at once, just to see what would happen...I carefully light only the areas I am actually using, and have 2 very small CFLs that are left on in critical areas for night lights..(8 watt, I think)