How to choose LED downlights and LED spotlights in home decoration
In home decoration, we are often confused when installing lights. It is difficult to install a matching set of lighting fixtures that we like. On the one hand, there are many types of lamps, such as ceiling lamps, chandeliers, downlights, and spotlights. , Lamp strips, desk lamps, etc. On the other hand, because the lighting industry itself is a high-profile and low-profile industry, users are familiar with it but don’t understand it. In addition, the industry is indeed developing very fast. It’s quite normal to be confused with the purchase skills of this product. Haodengduo Lighting provides you with some selection techniques.
In home decoration, downlights and spotlights are used the most. On the one hand, auxiliary lighting fixtures such as downlights and spotlights are needed in the home. On the other hand, downlights are not limited by the decoration style. Basically every decoration style is suitable for use. Downlights and spotlights, all styles take all styles, so that downlights and spotlights are used the most. Not only that, downlights and spotlights are also used in many commercial places, such as shopping malls, shops, office buildings, hotels, restaurants, etc. However, in the purchase, many owners are not clear about the similarities and differences between the two, so here is to share the similarities and differences between LED downlights and LED spotlights and purchase guidance.
Why choose LED downlights and LED spotlights? Because LED has many advantages, such as energy saving, environmental protection, no infrared ultraviolet rays, pure light color, intelligent dimming and color adjustment, etc., specifically, it can save more than 90% energy than incandescent lamps and more than 50% energy saving than commonly used fluorescent lamps before. The life span is very long, the theoretical life span is up to 50,000 hours, basically you don’t need to change the lamp for a lifetime. Therefore, these advantages have caused LEDs to become the mainstream, and incandescent lamps and fluorescent energy-saving lamps are gradually being replaced.
Downlights and spotlights are very similar in structure. They are composed of face ring, lamp body, radiator, light source, power supply, etc. The installation method is also embedded installation, that is, embedded in the ceiling, only the face ring is exposed, so that it will not damage The wholeness of the ceiling makes the room very tidy.
The biggest difference between downlights and spotlights is the difference in the light-emitting angle, which results in a difference in structure!
Downlight: Mainly used to provide uniform light, just like the sun, everything shines! But the downlight cannot be as big as the sun, so it is designed from the angle of light. The light angle of the downlight is generally larger, usually around 120 degrees. Acrylic masks are commonly used, so that uniform light and light can be obtained. Soft and not glaring.
Spotlight: It is mainly to highlight key objects such as TV background walls, murals, ornaments, merchandise, etc. through small angles of light, or to increase the contrast of light and dark in the space to create an atmosphere. Like flagship stores of big-name clothing, the contrast of light and dark is very strong. In order to achieve this effect, the light-emitting angle of the spotlight is generally small, usually 15-60 degrees, so that even if it has the same power and the same amount of light as a similar downlight, it has a small illuminated area and high brightness. . In terms of structure, spotlights often use lenses or reflecting bowls to achieve small-angle focusing, and usually the illumination angle can be adjusted, so that the illuminated object can be adjusted as needed during installation.
