Spotlights for ceilings: installation, photo

To illuminate the room requires special devices. We offer to consider how spotlights work, how to choose ceiling, wall, and overhead lamps, as well as where to buy them.

Types of Spotlights

Diode spotlights are ultramodern lighting devices that are used to create bright light and maintain the interior. There are several classifications of spotlights. At the installation site there are spotlights for the bathroom, kitchen, living room, furniture. According to the installation principle, there are distinguished overhead, recessed, ceiling, LED spotlights for suspended ceilings, wall models.

In addition to the interior design, such small lamps are often used for a car (body lamps), porches, streets, etc. Each option has its own characteristics of the angle of incidence of light and installation.

The advantages of using spotlights are as follows:

1. They are very small and compact, so they fit perfectly into any decor of the room. If you wish, you can choose a more luxurious double kit that emphasizes your financial condition;
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2. Thanks to the work of several lamps distributed throughout the room, you get uniform illumination over the entire area of ​​the home - this affects the eyes and nervous system well;
3. Any arrangement of them visually enlarges the room, but especially wall mounting plays on the hand;
4. Spotlights have a very wide selection of shapes and brands, they can have different sizes, colors, types, forms, and even materials (crystal, gypsum, metal, plastic, models from glass);
5. Now, rotary lighting devices are very common, they allow you to change the angle of light (direct, shaded) if necessary, they are most often used in the bedroom;
6. For the installation of lamps in the bathroom there are special sealed models that guarantee durability and that the wiring will not be damaged by condensate inside the lamp housing;
7. You can buy energy-saving LED spotlights or conventional ones, the first ones are much more expensive, but they are more durable and provide energy saving.

How to choose spotlights

Before you buy such lighting devices, you need to do some mathematical calculations - calculate the number of points. This is done correctly according to the following table:

Type of room	Lamp type	Required Watts
Bedroom	LED	2-6
Incandescent	12-32
Halogen	12-27
Children	LED	6-18
Incandescent	30-90
Halogen	20-60
Living room	LED	3-7
Incandescent	15-35
Halogen	10-25
Kitchen	LED	1-3
Incandescent	12-25
Halogen	12-20
Bathroom and toilet	LED	2-5
Incandescent	15-20
Halogen	25-30
Utility rooms	LED	2-3
Incandescent	15-20
Halogen	25-30

Spotlight bulbs have a different angle, you need to choose a model depending on what kind of light you need. It can be slightly muffled or vice versa, bright and eye-catching. That is why we recommend a closer look at the rotary lamps, which can be customized for you depending on the time of day and mood. LED floodlight is the most economical, but as you can see, it has the least watts. Experts say that 20 watts needed per square meter.

In addition, there are also certain difficulties with the distribution of lamp functionality. Say, for a bathroom, moisture-proof spotlights are needed, while for suspended ceilings in the hall, these are unnecessary unnecessary expenses.

According to many leading manufacturers, it is possible to install lamps of the same type in the corridor and kitchen, but with a different amount (depending on the area of ​​the room), while in the nursery they will need an order of magnitude more.

How to connect

Do-it-yourself installation of spotlights is not the most difficult task. We will consider several options for how to install them, depending on the type of ceiling.

Installation of fixtures in a drywall strip:

1. Before you start, you definitely need to buy a wire that will be wired. We recommend taking a refractory cable of type VVG-2 (3) x1.5. The length is calculated based on the number of fixtures, their location and installation area. This calculation can be done with simple measurements, the main thing is to leave a little wire in reserve;
2. To connect the lamps and the wire you will also need terminal blocks - you can buy them at any electrical goods store;
3. Stretching the wire must be done at the stage of installation of the frame for the ceiling of drywall, it is placed on perimeter of the lattice, securing with special terminals, expect that about 10-15 are needed for each wire cm cable;
4. After a sheet of drywall is installed, holes are made at the location of the lamps, depending on the shape of the spotlights, they can be square, round or irregular in shape. We pull out the wires, and install the box from the lighting device into the hole in the drywall;

   

5. Now it remains to complete the connection of spotlights. To do this, you can use our scheme in the photo below:

1. Now you need to install the lamp slot itself. In the vast majority, special supports are used for this - clamps. They can be made in the form of plastic or metal clips, and with a slight pressure are fixed in the hole;
2. When replacement of such devices is necessary, you simply press on the tabs and change the lamps. The same is done for repairs.

Video: installation of spotlights in a suspended ceiling
But not only spotlights for plasterboard ceilings are very popular, more and more home owners prefer installing lamps in the interior of a stretch ceiling. Here the principle of operation is almost the same, except that on plaster they can be installed throughout the room, and on fabric - only around the perimeter. All work and wiring is done exclusively on the frame. Of course, if the ceiling of the room has a special platform, then there will be no problems installing lamps on it.

I need to say a little about the starry sky on a stretch ceiling. This is a large number of small spotlights located either randomly or systematically, but very close to each other, the circuit is powered by a transformer. It is very difficult to build it yourself - it is better to contact professionals immediately.

If you want to install a recessed spotlight, you need to not only calculate the quantity, but also think over the layout plan (diagram for the idea below). Also, before starting work, check the strength of the furniture - it must be made of high-quality wood, otherwise it simply cannot withstand cutting holes.

Before connecting and installing, you need to calculate the number of mortise lamps, choose the diameter of the hole and the method of inclusion in the network. You can use the simplest technique:

1. Cut holes in the furniture, stretch the wires connecting the 220 V spotlights along its outer part, then install the lamps;
2. Now we close the unsightly wrong side of the neck with a decorative panel. The wire is derived from it;
3. You need to bring a branching device or a simple outlet to the wire. Now just plug it into the network and enjoy the stylish lighting of furniture. If necessary, they can be powered by batteries;

There can be many options for placing lamas. The main thing is to fit into the overall design of the apartment or house. Assembling your ideal spotlight is very simple (and inexpensive), the main thing is persistence and the presence of ideas.

The price of spotlights varies depending on the power, brand and city (for example, Feron diodes in Moscow have a cost of at least 300 rubles apiece). At the same time, models from 150-200 rubles from China are sold on the market.