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I need help with lights in my layout room
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For the heating effects of lights, the rules are all the sam regardless of the type of light, being incandescent, flourescents, halogen, etc. <br /> <br />Heat output = watts input <br /> <br />If you put in 250 watts of lights, you'll get about 250 watts of heat. The vast majority of the energy does NOT produce light, even in the most energy efficient lights. <br /> <br />Incandescents are MUCH worse than flourescents. You'd have to put in 1000 watts of incandescents to equal 250 watts in flourescents. <br /> <br />Halogen lights are higher efficiency incandescents, but not as efficient as flourescents. They're hotter, smaller, allow you to better direct the light, and give better color rendition. They also cost more. <br /> <br />My philosophy is to put in the best lighting that you can afford. Overkill it, and make it controllable so you can dim it down as needed. When doing detailed work you'll need the bright light. When operating you probably don't need as much light as when you're working on the layout. Maybe be able to either dim the lights or selectively turn off a few of them. <br /> <br />Track lights on a dimmer for operations, plus some big ugly flourescents on seperate switches for additional lighting when working on it would be a good mix. <br /> <br />Mark in Utah
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