Recessed street lights
Lighting plays one of the most important roles in the arrangement of any home, be it an apartment or a country house. If we are talking about a cottage or a cottage, the lighting devices must be installed not only inside but also in the courtyard. Today in the shops you can find a large number of various built-in lamps for the street. Let's get acquainted closer with these devices.
Features and benefits
Every owner wants his house to be not only beautiful, but also functional. To do this, it is necessary to equip the courtyard with additional lighting devices so that it can be located at any time of the day. For example, in a well-lit courtyard, you can relax with friends in the evening or enjoy the starry sky. Today, the market for lighting fixtures is replete with a variety of street lamps, which can be installed not only along garden paths, but also on the walls of a house, a gazebo, a bathhouse, a garage or near the front door.
If there is a swimming pool in the courtyard, it can also be supplemented with special lighting details.
In addition to its main function, recessed lights allow you to adapt to a person's vision in twilight conditions, when the eyes have not had time to get used to a significant reduction in the illumination of space. Such devices not only illuminate the yard, but also perform a decorative function. If you correctly place the built-in lamps on the available space, you will get a very attractive and harmonious ensemble, which will be very nice to be in.
Several years ago, multifunctional and practical lamps with a motion sensor became widespread. Such objects not only illuminate the road in a dark courtyard, but also notify the owners about the presence of a foreign object on the site. The main advantages of compact recessed luminaires are that they are as secure and durable as possible.
Most of them have excellent moisture protection and dirt protection characteristics. They are not afraid of temperature extremes and severe weather conditions.
Kinds
There are several types of built-in street lighting. Consider them in more detail.
According to the design characteristics of the following types of lamps:
- Fixed. As a rule, such lighting devices are used to illuminate garden paths, steps, stairs, etc. For example, such objects can be attached to the floor and ceiling or embedded in the ground and wall. A distinctive feature of fixed devices is the absence of the function of adjusting the flow of light. Shine such options exclusively in one direction.
Most often, devices of fixed construction are installed in the ceiling, floor and ground. As a rule, they are designed for economical Led-bulbs.
- Swivel. Similar types of recessed luminaires are no less popular than traditional fixed versions. Rotary devices built-in design most often installed in the ceiling or walls. But with regard to the installation of such elements in the ground, then this solution is impractical. There are cases when rotary lights are mounted in the stairs. LED bulbs are also suitable for such devices.
- In asphalt, brick or concrete laying, as well as land can be easily installed point soil models. Such floor-mounted appliances are as waterproof and dustproof as possible. They are perfect for highlighting the paths of the garden or porch of the house. It is worth noting the fact that this type provides low-voltage lighting, significantly saving electricity.
- For highlighting flowers, trees or neatly trimmed lawns, many people use built-in landscape lights. They can also be installed along garden paths. Such options are not only built-in, but also located on special racks, legs or stands. It all depends on the design features of a device.
- Wall models can be equipped with motion sensors. Such models have more impressive dimensions and are more expensive than conventional devices, in which there are no such additions.
Purpose
Embedded copies are used to provide high-quality lighting in the courtyard or on the veranda. Most often they are installed in such places of a private house and yard:
- Floor or ceiling porch and porch. In this case, the installation of floor and ceiling lamps will allow you to create a spectacular decorative lighting. As a rule, high-quality waterproof instruments are installed in such surfaces.
- It is hard to imagine a beautifully designed track without lighting. For additional illumination of these objects are used floor lamps, which can be installed both in the floor and in the ground. Installation of such elements can be made independently.
- Often embedded options are installed. directly to the ground. However, for this most often not ordinary, but decorative ground is used. Such material is an attractive component of the garden interior.
- Often recessed lights are complemented stairs. They can be installed in two ways: in steps or spans. The first option is the most common, as most often compact stairs for a couple of steps lead to the veranda or porch.
- If we are talking about a large, full-fledged staircase, the lamps are sometimes installed in spans. But such options are rare.
- Lamps can be installed and into the walls. As a rule, people turn to such a decision to design a veranda, bath, garage and other outbuildings. Similar elements can provide illumination of doors and windows of the house.
Manufacturers
If you want to buy a truly high-quality street lighting, then you should contact the manufacturers with an impeccable reputation. Let's take a closer look at some popular brands that produce excellent recessed fixtures:
- Since 1999, lighting products from the company have been present on the Russian market Feron. The range of this manufacturer is replete with a variety of options for both indoor and outdoor lighting. So, the external embedded devices from Feron are lawn, underwater, landscape, architectural and soil. All products are made of high-quality wear-resistant materials, which are not afraid of dust, dampness and slush.
- The company offers excellent and popular products of the highest quality to the choice of consumers. "Oasis Light". In its assortment there are recessed lamps of round and square shapes of different sizes. They are designed for installation in a horizontal surface.Complete with all products are mounting glasses. Branded street lamps from Oasis Light are not expensive and everyone will be able to afford them.
- Economical LED lamps produced by well-known Russian company Trifrif. The built-in lighting devices of this manufacturer are distinguished by high strength and durability. They are made of high quality stainless steel and have welded housings. In addition, Trif Trif street lamps can boast a decent service life, as they contain the latest generation LEDs with a service life of at least 100,000 hours.
- Beautiful recessed lights are produced under the brand Eglo. The product range of the brand is represented by fixed and rotatable round shape variants. Complete with all devices go Led-bulbs. The built-in Eglo lamps have not only standard silvery, but also beautiful golden or pink surfaces.
How to choose?
To select the optimal embedded lighting for the street, you need to rely on the following parameters:
- Location. Before you go to the store, decide in which places you want to install the lamps. Based on your preferences, it will be easier for you to choose the right options.
- Type of construction. For the surface of the ceiling, porch, stairs or verandas in a country house it is recommended to buy modern swivel lamps. If you plan to install devices in the ground or the ground, then it is worth referring to simpler and static instances with fixed structures.
- The degree of moisture resistance. All models of outdoor lighting devices must have a high moisture-proof class. The higher rate (class) will be indicated on the packaging of the device, the longer it will serve you.
- Type of light source. It's no secret that the most economical and popular are LED bulbs. But modern waterproof products can work with other types of light bulbs. For example, it can be fluorescent, halogen or incandescent lamps. This results from the fact that the street built-in lamps are protected from hit in their internal part of dampness and moisture.
- Manufacturer. Not the best characteristics have street lighting products made in China. It is recommended to purchase such items only from reputable manufacturers and in retail outlets with certified goods.At the same time, one should not forget about the class of water resistance of the device.
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