I see, thanks.

Hi kathlynn,

Thanks for your posting and the many sharings by all. Good pointers.

A couple of pointers also that you may find useful.

1. For downlights, higher wattage should not affect the plaster ceiling in anyway, whether heat or so on. However, rule of thumb is to reduce the heat generated as much as possible as not only is energy wasted through heat but this would also take a toll on your cooling in the house, if you have air conds. Not much but if you multiply the number of downlights in your house, it does add up, resulting in a higher monthly electricity consumption

2. For 1.5 or double ceiling height houses as you mentioned, you can also put higher power downlights to light from the high ceiling to the bottom floor. However, some illumination will be lost to the upper floor instead of all the illumination reaching the area where you want it to be. This can be reduce by installating more directional lights (LED type) or as those you shown in your picture. However, we recommend that the halogen bulbs should be changed to LED type as this will save you about 16 times the energy (3W led vs 50W halogen) with a slight decrease in the lighting spread only, but it does the job.

3. Do consult your lighting and energy specialist to get further advise on your reflected ceiling plan (RCP) so that the number of downlights and wattage can be determined area by area, floor by floor.

4. Most houses are generally warm white or pure white themes. You will need to decide which one you are comfortable and for which area of your house. The same goes for brightness and so on. We have may clients and what we can share is everyone has their own liking. For some its too bright and for others vice versa. You will need to know how bright do you need the lights to be.

5. Lastly, if you have the budget, always opt to go with LED lightings. The initial investment is higher but the payback will be more than what you have invested. The more you invest now, the more you will save in the long run, about 3 - 5 years time, depending on your daily usage.

We have faced many clients, everyone with their own views respectively, at the end of the day, lighting actually plays an integral role in "mooding" the house, theming concepts, modernising the look and so on and ultimately giving you the comfort after a long days work. It should be done exactly the way you want it to be.

Hope the above was useful and do email us at cennturionstareng@gmail.com should you have any further inquiries. We will be glad to assist anyway we can.

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I realised different Avalon outlets charge different prices for the same thing. The HQ is so far the cheapest.

my ceiling led light giving problem already
this light is control by a normal switch...
on switch one time - led light
on off on swtich- led and white light
on off onn off on switch - while light only


now sometimes the white light cannot one...

i think the board inside kacau...

can i remove the light and directly wire the light to the white light?

It is unfortunate that the quality of the LED light sold to you did not meet up to expectations but yes you can remove the light and rewire it to run directly to your new white light.

If possible, do avoid purchasing these sort of lightings as mentioned as they are not as yet stable and do come up with problems usually within 6 months. If you really need to change the "mood" in your house using colour changing, toning and dimming, we would strongly recommend using the LED 3528 or 5050 type which are much more reliable (not the cheap ones), suitable for recessed ceilings and other plaster ceiling designs.

By the way, you should take the light back to where you bought it from and ask for a refund, if within the warranty period. Most of the time, its the lighting shops and quick minded sales personel who are eager for business that sometimes don't understand fully and promise the heavens but in the end, its the customers who pay the price.

We're trying to change all this and ensure the customers to know the benefits, limitations and advantages before making any purchase so that they are fully aware of what to expect. After all, we all are customers and consumers also

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Added on March 14, 2011, 12:18 pmHi Kathlynn,

If we could be of assistance to you, do contact us at 012 - 389 3797 for an appointment for us to go through your queries accordingly.

We face these sort of "client dilemma' almost on a daily basis and we provide them with the necessary advise, type of lightings, where best to put what and so on. You're most welcomed to contact us or email at centurionstareng@gmail.com. Cheers.

This post has been edited by centurionstareng: Mar 14 2011, 12:18 PM

anyone have any idea how much phillips easyscene starter kit cost? and the easyscene 20w bulb cost?

hi may i know how much cost for T5 light. i was quote RM15 for 4feet (normal) and RM20 for 4feet (philip). is't ok? and what is the most suitable light to use for light truss, either T5 or normal 'kalimantang' light..

guys, would appreciate if anyone here can share on wireless/remote lighting setup.

What kind of wireless setup do you have in mind. We provide wireless control etc so you are most welcomed to email us at centurionstareng@gmail.com. Thanks

Will you consider to install LED Fluorescent light at home. I know price is 3 times more expensive than ordinary Fluorescent light.

hi! im new here i guess. i got tons of questions, but i think i settle for answers for below:

1. Plaster ceiling wont burn, will asbestos burn with a million lumen? (normal downlight, haha)

2. Anyone know where can i get "the clapper" kinda light? Im those lazy fella who dont switch off the light when I sleep (I share the room, so I have someone to off, but new room no more liao haha)

3. Thank you.

Regards,

Yang

something like phillips easyscene can do. wireless on/off control + dim

phillips easyscene are yet to be release in malaysia.

LED does gives better ROI in long term usages. And for lighting, it is the way to go in future.

Need to buy 22 downlight holder by end of this month. I prefer the square one rather than the round one simply because it looks nicer. But one problem is the square one need to install 2 bulbs, 22 x 2 = 44 bulbs... although I'm not switching on all of them most of the time, but it will also cost a bomb in my electric bill....

Anyway suggestions? My ceiling height is around 8.5 Feet, if inside the square downlight i just install 1 bulb will it be bright enough? How many watts should i use?

Thanks...

u can still put 1 bulb instead of 2 bulb use higher than 18w...i'm doing that, so far quite happy with it. only kitchen i put double as my wife would like kitchen to be as bright as possible...but i'm using only 12w bulb x2 for each downlight... try to save as possible as can

normally what side of the square downlight look nice? i mean not the spread light, just ceiling looking.

4 or 6 or 8 inches?

Thanks for your advise. Got ppl say don't use the "screw" type of bulb, use "pin" type, because "pin" type normally got transformer, will be brighter, is that true?

If you install 1 nos of light, the brightness will really depend on you. We have customers who do use these type of plaster square ceiling lights (twin tube) and only install one light 11w, some even 8w only. But if you want to cut your monthly bills, especially if you use the light often, you may want to try LED lightings.

The cost per bulb ranges between RM55 - 65 each for a 4 - 5w LED bulb. You can expect an ROI of betweem 2 - 4 years, depending on your daily usage. LED technology is indeed a long term thing but the returns is really worth it.

If you do find it to be not as bright as you wanted, you can still add in another LED bulb. After all, 2 nos of 5w led is only 10w, compared to the comparison of 18w x 2 = 36w.

Do feel free to email us at centurionstareng@gmail.com and we can email you some pictures of the products suited for your application cheers!

bro..no offence but you see the -ve about this LED thingy is the warranty, cost, and the ROI... Warranty, as per your previous post you mentioned a standard 1 year warrant..while the ROI comes in after (ie.) 2nd year...so we got to really pray hard that nothing will go wrong after the 1st year otherwise ROI will be just on 'Paper' considering the cost of 1 replacement LED bulb.. LED is the way to move forward, but not until its cost/price has gone down to a competitive level..that's my take for now...Otherwise I wouldn't hesitate for a second to change my whole house to LEDs!

very true. LED seems still a high risk investment to me.

Is there any lighting difference if I put 2x11w bulb and 1x 22w bulb? Just an example to discuss.