First off, thanks for hosting this forum. Just browsing through has had a lot of great information.
So on to the questions.
I am finishing out a raw basement, standard pour with a drywall ceiling so the height will be right at 84" (instead of a full 8') with my furring strips (gotta have room for cable pulls) so I based my lighting layout on a 6" recessed can @ 45W giving a throw angle of approx. 4.5" in the center.
The space is going to be used as a playroom (yellow), movie "lounge" in one section (green), and then the 2 remaining sections (cyan & magenta) to cover the ramaining area that will have a bar, dartboard, poker table, etc. that eventually flows to a standard slinding door out to the backyard. Each of these zones will be controlled by a standard dimmer switch while the red lights are controlled by a switch at the top of the basement stairs.
Using the standard throw angle as a guide and trying to keep my lighting pools staggered correctly I have come up with a total of 21 cans for the space broken into the 4 zones described above.
Looking at the ACAD drawing it seems to be a proper throw pattern, and a few floor lamps will make up for any dark spaces.
My questions regarding this layout are:
1.) Will the throw radius increase greatly if I use a higher wattage lamp (say 60 or 75) with the reflective trim rings.
2.) Does this seem like overkill for a basement space?
Here is the layout drawing in JPG format: http://www.rizenet.com/drrom/BASEMENT_6in_CAN_LIGHTS.JPG
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