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   Piffin | Jun 04, 2007 11:19pm | #1

   There are a lot of new LED lighting fixtures and systems just finding their way to market. For such a unique fixture and scheme, you will need to do some creative looking.
   Or, there are some custome lighting designers and shops that can make anything that code will allow, like Newstamp lighting in the Boston area, but be prepared to spend money.

    

    

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   Stuart | Jun 04, 2007 11:52pm | #2

   If you mean some sort of a porthole-looking light that mounts flush in the wall, I've seen that sort of thing in lighting catalogs but don't recall a specific brand at the moment.  Is there a reason you can't use overhead lighting?  Probably the best thing is to check with a local lighting showroom to see what they can come up with.  If the wall is 2x4 construction, make sure whatever you choose is shallow enough to fit.

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   JohnD1 | Jun 05, 2007 12:33am | #3

   There are a couple of things you could do.

   If you want to simply illuminate the floor, you can put in a box about a foot off the floor.  It has louvers that splash the light onto the floor.  I did that in my house (took a LOT of conduit, and I should have put in one more!) and it is really nice at night.  It only uses 4-watt fluorescent lights.

   They also make covers for the same boxes that have a plastic insert instead of louvers.  They act like the covers for can lights over the shower.

   It's been a few years, but I think I can find the brand of the louvered lights if you wish.

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   edlee | Jun 05, 2007 01:04am | #4

   There are some rectangular recessed closet lights that can be mounted horizontally in the wall. I think I used some by HALO, but it could have been Lightolier. The ones I've used take up to a 60w bulb and have a glass lens and will fit in 2 X 4 framing. 

   John, you have to get your terminology together.  In the lighting realm, "flush-mount" means a fixture that is surface-mounted and sits tight to a ceiling. Recessed cans are installed vertically in a ceiling so in a wall would horizontally installed.  

    

   Ed

    

    

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   johnapril | Jun 05, 2007 01:58am | #5

   This thing?HALO H2932T: Closet Light/Shallow Rectangle 60 W A19 lamp. White trim with albalite diffuser. Equipped with junction box listed for through branch applications.If depth is 3-1/2", I could use that in a wall?

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   edlee | Jun 05, 2007 02:31pm | #6

   Yeah that's the one.  I've put them in walls.  I once lighted a 40' long connecting "tunnel" from a house to a garage using only those, on each side, one about every 5 feet or so, motion activated.  It looked pretty good.

   I'm not looking at the specs but the 3-1/2" depth will work in a 2 X 4 wall and still give a bit of wiggle room, because of the additional 1/2" or so depth of the drywall or other wall covering.

    

   Ed 

   Edited 6/5/2007 7:32 am ET by edlee

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   JohnD1 | Jun 05, 2007 05:10pm | #7

   <John, you have to get your terminology together.  In the lighting realm, "flush-mount" means a fixture that is surface-mounted and sits tight to a ceiling. Recessed cans are installed vertically in a ceiling so in a wall would horizontally installed.>

   Yeah, I was in a hurry when I was writing the comment.  But a little in my defense please:  In DIY terms, many people think that "flush" means no protrusion from the surface, and this was the thought that I was trying to convey.

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   edlee | Jun 05, 2007 09:53pm | #8

    In DIY terms, many people think that "flush" means no protrusion from the surface, and this was the thought that I was trying to convey.

   I know, it doesn't actually make sense to call a surface-mounted fixture "flush-mounted".  That's why I wrote something like "in the realm of lighting" etc. 

   Ed

   Edited 6/5/2007 3:00 pm ET by edlee

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   johnapril | Jun 07, 2007 06:36pm | #9

   Thanks all for the precise advice and making this site a great resource!