Thursday, January 15, 2004

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Under-Lighting Is Rampant What is it with under-lighting? The American standard of comfort has increased steadily in so many ways (think of all the features cars now have, not related to their basic mission of personal transportation), but quality of lighting seems absolutely stuck. Many people's houses I visit have dim lighting. I just got around to changing a bunch of closet and hallway bulbs in the house we bought a year ago. They were all 60W. It is SO much brighter with 100W bulbs. I personally do not see any use at all for 60W bulbs. I also don't understand why you would build a house without overhead lighting (or at bare minimum, wiring for it). I also don't understand why you would settle for only one outlet per room being switch-controlled (esp if you skipped the part about overhead lighting). I know, X10 provides a work-around. For those who say they sometimes want gentler, "mood lighting", I agree: that is what dimmer switches are for. 8:09:39 AM    comment []