High-quality lighting of the room allows you to give it a special charm, as well as emphasize certain areas. For this, many different lighting devices are used. Today, wall spots are especially popular. They are distinguished by their unique design and excellent technical characteristics.
Basic concepts
The word "spot" has English roots and translates as "spot". Technically, this is a lamp that creates a directional beam of light. This allows you to highlight only a small area of the interior. A feature of this design is the presence of a rotary mechanism that can rotate in several planes. Thus, if necessary, you can change the direction of the light beam.
Almost all models are equipped with special dreammasters that allow you to adjust the brightness of the light. These devices are universal. They can be both domestic (used in residential premises), and street. Almost all models consist of several basic elements:
- Bracket. This mechanism provides the ability to rotate the lamp, and it is also the frame with which the system is attached to the wall. The shape of the bracket is not standardized and can vary from round to complex arcuate.
- The frame into which the lamp is screwed. Almost all of them are made of metal and can have a different shape.
What are wall spots and how do they differ from other lamps
A wall spotlight is one of the types of modern lamps that outwardly remind everyone of the familiar sconces, while radically differing from them in their design. The main feature of wall spots is that with their help you can get a directed beam of light, which you are able to regulate yourself. An ordinary sconce is not within its power, and therefore spots are rightly considered the most universal fixtures. With their help, you can easily create a bright and comfortable interior, and the affordable cost allows you to choose any model to your taste.
Wall spots make the interior of the room diverse and unusual. They easily transform a room, create beautiful lighting effects and last a very long time. If you need bright and high-quality light, choose spots from the range offered by world manufacturers. A huge number of different types and configurations allows you to find suitable spots for any interior.
Varieties of modern spots
Wall-mounted ceiling spots are convenient and very practical small-sized luminaires that can be mounted both on the walls and on the ceiling. Varieties of design, sizes and colors allow you to choose the right model for any room style. With such a lamp it is easy to make a room comfortable, warm and well-lit. Wall-ceiling spotlights are very popular not only among owners of city apartments and private houses. Their use is appropriate both in the office and in various entertainment venues, where it is necessary to create a warm atmosphere with directed beams of soft light.
Overhead spots, which are also called tablet lamps, are widely used in modern room design. They create spectacular lighting in the house, in the office, and in shopping malls. Their main advantages: versatility, practicality, efficiency and affordability. In addition, overhead spots can easily replace your primary light source. They are ideal for the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom (above the bed) and hallway. Representatives of the beautiful half of humanity will like such lighting in dressing rooms where directed bright light is needed. Lamps of this type come in many different shapes: round, square, polygonal. In addition, you can choose a pattern on each lamp, so that it is ideally suited to the interior of your room.
Choose fixtures for your home
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Advantages and disadvantages
Spots are unique fixtures that are used by many designers when planning modern interiors. Wall structures of this type have several advantages:
- With the help of a lamp, you can easily illuminate a specific section of the room.
- Mounting spots is relatively simple and requires minimal knowledge and skills.
- Correctly located fixtures can visually increase the space.
- Designs are available in various designs, which allows you to choose them for almost any style of interior.
- The main material for making spots is metal, which will last a very long time.
- Modern lights are equipped with economical lamps. This will reduce the cost of electricity without losing the quality characteristics of the light flux.
But these products are not a universal solution and have several disadvantages:
- Lamps have a high cost in comparison with simpler modifications.
- Using a directional stream of light is quite difficult to achieve the optimal level of lighting. Therefore, they are used as additional equipment along with spotlights and chandeliers.
Place in the interior
The design features of the spots are great for creating unique styles inside the house. Today, this type of fixtures are used in the arrangement of various housing areas:
- Living room. Here, with the help of spots, certain areas of the room are emphasized. This allows you to focus on them guests at home.
- Study. The main purpose of wall spots here is the zoning of the room.
- Kitchen. There are generally no restrictions on the use of spots. With their help, you can organize high-quality illumination of certain areas. This is important if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen, constantly changing your location in the room.
- Bedroom. A great opportunity to create a pleasant mood. The spots can be used both as main lights and as a backlight for reading while relaxing.
- Bathroom. Use in this room should only be waterproof lamps that withstand high humidity. With their help, you can also change the working area depending on your actions and preferences.
But the universal purpose of the spots is their use at exhibitions. With the help of wall lights, you can organize high-quality illumination of the displayed products, which are located on the stands. Moreover, each individual element can be supplemented with a switch, which gives additional opportunities. As for the design, the spots are available in various color shades.
On the market you can find both classic models of metallic color, and products imitating bronze.
Depending on the technical characteristics, spots can be divided into several types:
- Recessed. Products of this type are placed inside the hollow frame. Wall models of this type are quite rare, but still they can be found in everyday life.
- Overhead. Universal designs, consisting of a rigid metal frame, which is fixed to the wall. Similar models are the most common and practical. Installation is carried out using brackets, which allows you to change the angle of the frame.
- Combined. This type of spot consists of several spotlights that are combined in one housing. A similar system is attached to a special frame. Installation is carried out using various mounting systems.
Depending on the number of lamps, the spots can be divided into single and multi-tube. The latter type of construction is relatively rare. Single-tube models are more ergonomic and allow better quality adjustment of their position.
Lamp types
In modern spots, several types of lighting devices are used that have unique features:
- Incandescent lamps. Spots with such devices are not very expensive. The modern market presents many modifications that are characterized by unpretentiousness. Incandescent lamps perfectly tolerate high humidity and high temperature. Among the design flaws, one can distinguish the presence of a reflector, which is designed to remove heat and reflect light. It complicates the whole construction a bit. At the same time, the lamp frame quickly heats up, which does not allow it to be installed near flammable materials.
Another disadvantage of such lighting is the limited range of the light spectrum. Light everywhere has a yellowish tint.
- Halogen lamps. The lighting obtained using such systems is characterized by high brightness. In this case, the spectrum of light is almost similar to the solar flux. The service life of a halogen lamp can reach 12 thousand hours. But the design very quickly fails when it works with sudden changes in temperature. A lamp of this type consumes much less electricity than the previous view.
During operation, the tungsten filament is very hot, so these lamps should not be taken by hand.
- LEDs The most modern devices that are economical and durable. The mechanism is practically independent of on-off cycles, as its previous counterparts. At the same time, the brightness of the lamps is slightly less than that of halogens. But today there are modifications in which these characteristics are significantly improved.
Editing algorithm
The installation process of wall spots can be described in several successive steps:
- First of all, they lay the cable to the place of future spot fixing. Wiring characteristics are selected in accordance with the technical parameters of the device. It is advisable to use a separate branch for this, which will be connected directly to the junction box.
- At this stage, connect the wiring to the fixtures. It often uses a parallel circuit.
- The process ends by attaching the fixtures to the wall. For this, the brackets are fixed to the base using special fasteners. After completion, the performance of the entire system is checked.
Wall spots are a great opportunity to diversify the design of the room, making it receptive and beautiful. And how to mount and connect them, see the next video.
Overhead lights in the OBI online store
The OBI online catalog offers classic and ultramodern overhead lamps from Russian and world manufacturers. Electric lamps serve not only as an additional source of lighting, but also help to create coziness in any room: living room, kitchen, bedroom or children's room.
Selection tips
When choosing a product, pay attention to the following characteristics:
- • Number of lamps: from 1 to 6 pcs.
- • Type of cartridge: E14, E27, G9, GU10.
- • Production material: metal, plastic, glass.
- • Luminous flux: from 380 to 1,440 lm.
- • Maximum power: from 4 to 150 watts.
- • Degree of protection IP: IP20, IP21, IP23.
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