Best downlights to use??

[afswift]

Hi,

What would be the best downlights to use in a kitchen? 230v or 12v.

And how should they be wired, the room has one single light and i want to put 6 downlights in?

Can the lights be taken from a central junction box from the original lighting feed?

 

[Belle427]

personal choice but id use 240v,less to go wrong,you do use the existing wiring but you need to loop between each spot from it,usually with a jb of some sort but it needs to remain accessable,the wiring may reach one of the new spots if your lucky so you could access it through a hole

 

[afswift]

so would i run from the original feed to the first light, then from the first light to the next then so on till i reach the last one?

Or do i use a junction box and wire the lights in a kind of 'star'??

I have seen it done both ways, which would be the correct and most safe way?

Also will the lights be able to be put on a dimmer switch?

 

[Belle427]

problem with bringing them all back to one place is the joining,it can get fiddly and messy,best to loop in and out id say