Do-it-yourself Home Lighting Projects

Exclusive Articles on Lighting
Cornerhardware.com is a simply designed website loaded with articles on lighting, as well as other aspects of home improvement. With titles like "How to Replace a Light Socket", "How to Install a Dimmer witch", and "How to Install Recessed Lighting", the novice do-it-yourselfer will find instructions highlighted with easy-to-understand diagrams. Track lighting and light switches are also covered.

Scene Lighting
With scene lighting, a single press of any X10 transmitter can prompt multiple scene-capable SwitchLincs, LampLincs, ToggleLincs or KeypadLincs w/Load Control to respond with an individual action. Typically these actions are to either turn the connected light on to the brightness level that you pre-determine (except fluorescent lights, which can't be dimmed), or to turn the light off entirely. In addition to controlling brightness level, each dimmer can respond with an individual ramp rate - the fade rate at which you want the light to turn on or off. Includes scene lighting options for emergency lighting, night lighting, dinner lighting, movie lighting and reading lighting.

Home Lighting Projects on This Old House
The electrical and lighting section on This Old House's website offers how to fix wiring problems, installing and using dimmer switches, lighting for senior citizens and lighting for nicer home decoration. Home lighting falls in three categories: ambient, task, and accent. The main living areas of a home should have a flexible combination of all three. Ambient lighting provides general illumination - the background brightness that gives a room a comfortable glow. It helps you move through a room safely and easily. Indirect uplights, such as wall sconces, light rooms softly and evenly for a diffuse effect. For senior citizens, increased wattage and luminosity are just the beginning. Not only does an older eye need a 100-watt lamp where a 60 once sufficed, but it also needs consistent light, whiter light, and glare-free light.

Decorative Lighting Safety Tips
Tips include using extra low voltage equipment, following manufacturer instructions, avoiding temporary decorative lighting above or around your pool, using a plug board with overload protection if the installation requires high-powered lights such as flood lights, using weather proof outdoor connections, not altering or modifying light kits, keeping lights nad equipment clear of overhead power lines, securing outdoor lights to avoid breakage and connecting lights with a safety switch. More safe outdoor lighting tips are also included.