Redoing Kitchen Lighting

Hi

I am redoing the lighting in my kitchen and I have a question I hope you can

help me with. My kitchen is 9'x 13' (117 sq ft) with a drop ceiling 7'5" high.

It is open on both ends, has a long counter and sink on one side, two short

counters broken up by a stove and refridgerator on the other and no windows.

Existing lighting is provided by two 2-tube 40W fixtures recessed into a 4'W X

6'L X 7"D well with the light exiting through four prismatic panes. The

interior of the well is bare drywall.

I want to replace the 40W tubes with with CFL's in recessed cans. California

law now requires fluorescent for general lighting in the kitchen! Also, since

I don't want to destroy the ceiling I plan on using remodel cans.

The Lumen output from the present four 40W tubes is 10,600 (4 tubes X 2650

Lumens/tube).

I am planing on using nine remodel cans, eight of them in a four by two

pattern (with four cans installed inside the existing well) and the ninth over

the sink, slightly off the the center of the room. Halo (and others) has a 13W

CFL in a remodel can (H274R) that uses a two tube CFL with 825 Lumen output.

Doing the math on this gives 7425 Lumen's total output. 18W CFL's would

provide about 10,000 Lumen's but I can't find ANYBODY who sells 18W CFL's in

REMODEL cans. Do you know of a source of 18W CFL's in remodel cans?

I am concerned that nine 13W CFL's even with Alzac reflectors might not

provide as much general lighting as the present four 40W tubes do. 10,600

Lumens vs. 7425 is a big difference and the kitchen is none to bright as it

is. I would welcome your thoughts on my situation and perhaps ideas/options

you could suggest. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Regards

Jim