The difference between downlights and spotlights: 1. Ceiling openings
The size of the opening of the downlight for household use is usually 2 inches, 2.5 inches, and 3 inches. The larger the size, the higher the overall height of the downlight, and the higher the depth requirements for your ceiling. Generally speaking, the height of the downlight after all stretching is between 10 cm and 13 cm, so the ceiling depth of the ceiling used to install the downlight should also be more than 13 cm. If it is too shallow, you can consider installing the ceiling. Lamp or horizontal mounted downlight. The ceiling spotlight installation ceiling requires only 6 to 8 cm.
The difference between downlights and spotlights: 2. Light source
Nowadays, downlights are generally energy-saving bulbs or LED bulbs. Considering the large amount of downlights, it is generally better to install LEDs in downlights. The direction of the light source of the downlight is fixed, while the direction of the light source of the spotlight can be changed. With the popularity of LEDs, most downlights and spotlights will use LED light sources.
The difference between downlights and spotlights: 3. Light efficiency requirements
Many downlights are diffuse light sources, used for auxiliary purposes, mainly for lighting, and the angle of the light source cannot be adjusted. They are usually used in the aisles, around the bedroom and around the living room. The spotlights used in home lighting are usually divided into two types: embedded spotlights and exposed spotlights, which are generally used in living rooms, bedrooms, TV background walls, wine cabinets, shoe cabinets and so on.
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The difference between downlights and spotlights: 4. Price
From the price point of view, the spotlights of the same grade and the same wattage are more expensive. At present, the domestic downlight spotlight brands with better quality are Op, NVC and Jiameizhiguang. Among them, Op and NVC have higher prices, while Jiamei Zhiguang has the best price/performance ratio. The price of downlights is different according to wattage, size, surface mounted and ordinary, etc. The current market price of trumpet is about 25 yuan. There are many kinds of downlights, and I will not introduce them one by one here.
The difference between downlights and spotlights: 5. Dangerous
For traditional downlights and spotlights, downlights are slightly safer, and spotlights usually do not allow close-up exposure to wool fabrics, etc. But now most of the LED cold light sources are used, and there is usually no such concern.
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