Wow. This is hard. I thought it would be easy – a skylight here, a few recessed lights there, done. But no, it’s all about angles, PAR lamp coverage at certain distances, distance between fixtures, all that… So… Here’s an attached CAD drawing of what I’m thinking at the moment. (The skylight will be sort of in the middle of all that) The one on the bottom right shows the coverage at a few different angles – 40, 50, and 60 – the rest assume 60, which it seems is pretty unlikely I’ll be able to get. So, shoot, is the downward angle of recessed lighting going to be the death of me? Will there be dark spots on the counters? Or will it all work out? I’m going to get a PAR 30L lamp tomorrow and hold it up in a temporary fixture tomorrow to see if I can get a better feeling for the actual throw. Paperwork gets you so far and then you’ve got to start experimenting…

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