My office recently put daylight temp LED lighting in the (dim) lobby, and I was struck by how it now feels like it is illuminated by sunlight; really nice. So I'm now wondering if it would be crazy to put tunable white lighting in my (very dim) living room, with some sort of timer that automatically shifts it to warmer in the evening. Thoughts about that, or about how to do it? As for how, lighting would need to be ceiling mounted. I think cove is out (for a variety of reasons) so I guess some sort of recessed cans. I haven't seen residential-type tunable LEDs for ceiling cans, do they even exist? Now that I've written this out, it seems like seriously complicated overkill. Perhaps I'll test my idea by getting a few daylight temp bulbs to put in my (inadequate) floor lamps just to see what I think of daylight temp during daytime hours. Still interested in folks thoughts, though, about the complicated idea; thanks!

To try to make a long story short, I have recently (2 months ago) taken on the lease of a building for my up and coming restaurant. I have a strong understanding of high voltage and low voltage at residential level, and an ok understanding at commercial level. The building we have leased and started renovating, started as a "nearly turnkey" restaurant and has ended with a "OMG, how many times can you put a bandaid on a bandaid?!?!". From light fixtures running with 18 gauge wire, to 220v circuits connected to dual 110v outlets, to 30 amp breakers connected to 15 amp outlets. The "WTF factor" has surpassed my wildest dreams. I've even found 14 gauge wire in the breaker panel, and in Commercial in California, the minimum circuit is 20 amps. There is no reason for 14 gauge wire in that panel! In trying to bring everything to code, clean up the disaster in plumbing, wiring, and so on, I found that the most recent lighting update, only done a year or two prior to us taking over by Lamps Plus, had never been permitted, and the light fixtures that we expected to re-use after removing the drop lid, and re-wiring to hang from the physical drywall lid, are not title 24 compliant, it's put me in a bit of a pickle. They currently are all LED fixtures, but they are medium base bulb LED fixtures, meaning, I could technically remove the LED lamps and replace them with 60w Incandescent. Therefor, they do not comply. In addition, I've also purchased 15 track light fixtures with LED lamps to match, also Medium Base lamps. From what I understand by Title 24, I can not use medium based lamps in pendants, but I CAN use them in track lighting, provided I install a current regulator. This is where the confusion strikes. From everything I understand of LED, they are much like Fluorescent in the mindset that they require a current burst to "ignite", then drop to a low power level to maintain. This is why the average dimmer that can handle 1000W+ of incandescent lights can only handle 150W of LED lamps. If a 150w of LED circuit requires a 1000W Dimmer to accommodate the current spike, wouldn't a current limiter prevent them from getting the current they require to properly power up, as well as dim smoothly rather than jerky/obvious steps? How can I properly install a current limiter on each of my 15 track lights that have 13w per fixture, 3 fixtures per track light, without causing issues with their ability to perform as designed? Any info would be appreciated!