We eat our main meal at lunch time, so no cooking is done at night.  I don't want the kitchen "lit up like a Chrissie Tree" when I turn the main light on at night as ther is no need   The rangehood light is enough to make a cup of coffee at night. There is no wall between the kitchen and the sunroom, so there is also a light on in the sunroom at night which also provides enough light to see by ( hard to describe ). 

Thanks for you suggestions Martini, I will take them on board and give them some thought.

Az your lighting sound interesting, any chance of a pic pls?  

I will have to locate the reseipt but it came from our local lighting shop.

I got this in my kitchen ceiling here (built about 20'yrs ago)

2 fluorescent tubes, plastic like cover, flush with the ceiling. It does look like a skylight. 

I do have to turn another light on in the dining area to get enough light at the sink.

---

@azureline** wrote:

I will have to locate the receipt but it came from our local lighting shop.

---

lol, it wouldn't let me edit it! It looks like this one, about a metre long. My kitchen is galley style though, if it was square, I would probably have installed 2 but  that would have been overkill, given how much light it puts about and only 11w.

The light was about $100, can't recall if the LED tube was inc or not...............

Thanks az.  Will look into it.

edit:  I have a fluoro in my kitchen.  Seeing as how you can

put led lights into ordinary light fittings, I should be able to just

buy the led tube.   Here's hoping

https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=PBEUVLToNObC8gfx0ICwDg&gws_rd=ssl#q=led+tube+light+fittings

That looks very smart, az. The spotlights on a bar are a pain to dust. 

Oh I like that Az, would match my stove and rangehhod, very smart looking and easy to keep clean  .....  All my other ceilings are 10 feet high, so dusting the light fittings is not a great priority lol

---

@am*3 wrote:

 

Light globes are warm white or cool daylight. When would you use cool daylight ones?. I just grab any and don't notice till I get home what I have chosen.

---

Never in a house.

Old incandescents are  a very warm white (between 2300-2800k). When you buy a light it should say Warm White or it should be between 2700-3000k light temperature.

Cool White is between 3000-4000k.

Anything above 3000k I would specify for an office environment or a garage.

Anything above 4000k I would specify in a warehouse or a supermarket.

Many people think that they are getting a whiter, brighter light when the light is Cool White particularly if they are used to an old, barely functioning incandescent light. But it just looks artificial and not very nice on your furniture or on your skin.

And even worse is when people buy at 4000k light because it is labelled as 'Day Light' so they assume it will make their house all sunshine-y and bright. It doesn't.  It is a couple of steps away from the blue light they use to discourage addicts from shooting up.

OK - research done.

To change from fluoro to LED it looks like you need to

replace starter with an LED one.

Just letting everyone know that