How to Choose Home Lighting – Add Luster to the Ideal Life

Home lighting is often a very important part of home decoration, and it is also inseparable from good lighting to highlight the home theme and create atmosphere. Home lighting can artistically present the color, light spot, projection shape and other elements of the light, and the halo is contrasted to form a colorful decorative lighting effect. How much knowledge do you know about home lighting? Today, let us approach home lighting together.

1. Lights classification

The lights commonly used in homes can be roughly divided into three categories:

（1）Incandescent light: It is a light that relies on tungsten filaments to emit light, the kind invented by Edison, which generally emits warm yellow light and has a low color temperature; it generates serious heat, so the luminous efficiency is low. The power of the same brightness is much larger than that of fluorescent lights, LEDs, etc., and has been basically eliminated. The reason why it is basically eliminated is that it is generally not used and occasionally used to enhance the atmosphere. Although it costs electricity, it is much stronger than candles and has a retro feel. Of course, there are many incandescent-style LED lights. It seems that there are filaments too, but when you look closely, the filaments are very thick. In fact, the LED luminescent materials at that time were not ordinary incandescent lights. Of course, not to say that the incandescent light is useless. It is convenient to dimming, and the brightness can be adjusted by changing the voltage, current or series resistance. It is very convenient.

（2）Fluorescent lights (fluorescent lights, energy-saving lights): This type of light relies on ultraviolet light to irradiate fluorescent agents to emit fluorescence. Of course, different fluorescent agents can also be used to emit different colors of light. Compared with incandescent lights, fluorescent lights have stronger color rendering, higher luminous efficiency, larger luminous area, and better lighting effects. The disadvantage is that the structure is more complicated, a ballast is required, and the brightness cannot be adjusted simply by adjusting the voltage or connecting the resistance in series.

（3）LED lights: LEDs are light-emitting diodes, relying on semiconductor materials to emit light. Of course, they can emit light of various colors. Its luminous efficiency is very high, and its size is small (headlights are generally composed of multiple LED light beads), and can be made Various styles are very flexible and convenient. The disadvantage is that there are many low-end products on the market that have poor lighting effects and uneven spectrum. Long-term use may even damage the eyes. At the same time, LEDs are generally driven by constant current and require special drivers and special dimming circuits. They cannot be dimmed simply by changing the voltage or connecting resistors in series.

Three kinds of lights have their own characteristics, and one or more kinds of lights are likely to be used in a family. If you have any questions about home lighting, you can consult a professional suntechleds LED landscape facade lighting expert. Home lighting is very simple, but if the lighting is not well illuminated, it will also have a certain impact on the indoor space, so what misunderstandings will we have in lighting?

2. Misunderstandings in home lighting

(1) The whole light source is too bright

If blindly pursuing the brightness of light is a common misunderstanding, too many lights and excessive brightness will not only cause spatial exposure, but also harm people’s eyes and affect people’s daily mood. At the same time, too much light will cause light pollution. Therefore, in the process of lighting, what we should pursue is a reasonable combination of lights and lights. Remember that more is not better, and light should be used rationally.

(2) Strong contrast between light and dark brightness

In terms of home lighting, we should pay attention to the brightness distribution of indoor lighting, and avoid fatigue of people’s eyes through uniform lighting.

(3) Space lighting colors are too mixed

Some people feel that when there is only one kind of light in the house, they feel a little boring, and then they will install colorful lights. In fact, such a combination will make us feel uncomfortable. Living in such an environment for a long time will bring people’s emotions and spirits to a certain extent. Will be hurt. Generally, in home lighting, we advocate that it is best to use lights of the same color and the same color temperature in a space. For more comfort, please try to avoid the above situations.

(4) Strobe light

Many lights and lanterns will have different degrees of stroboscopic, although human eyes can not clearly perceive, but long-term use will greatly harm people’s eyesight and energy. We usually work and read at home, so we should avoid strobe and harsh light. In the home environment, the lighting of light is very important, and a good lighting environment is very comfortable for people.

3. Why can’t you choose cheap LED lights?

With the elimination of incandescent lights, cheap, energy-saving, and bright LED lights have entered the public’s homes. Every household has LED lights, so do you want to know about such a thing? The LED lights that we buy at the roadside stalls or the small shops on the street can be bought for only a few yuan, but in some large shopping malls and supermarkets, a small LED light costs more than ten or dozens of yuan. What is the difference between?

(1) Internal workmanship and materials

Low-cost LED lights on the market, the internal materials are generally not aluminum substrate materials, its heat dissipation is naturally poor, and of course the life span is not long! Inexpensive RC step-down circuit, the stability and service life of the circuit are not as good as constant current drive. The interior of a good LED light is driven by a constant current, and the board uses a lot of materials, with short-circuit, over-voltage, and under-voltage protection. Therefore, a good LED light has a longer service life.

(2) Degree of protection for eyes

A good LED light does less damage to our eyes. But although cheap LED lights claim to have no flicker, in fact, the internal RC step-down circuit has no effect at all, but the price is cheap. We can use the camera of our mobile phone to view the lights. The flicker of high-quality LED lights is relatively low, while the flicker of cheap lights with RC step-down is more severe. As the saying goes, what you pay for is what you pay for, and the price difference lies here.

(3) Light beads and shell

There are big differences in the raw materials of plastic shells. High-quality materials generally use high-temperature resistant materials, while ordinary materials are ordinary materials. The price of good and bad light beads can differ by about 7-8 times. There are also differences in the electronic components on the light power driver board. The cheap ones use relatively cheap raw materials, and the more expensive ones use relatively high-quality raw materials.

If you are doing home lighting, it is recommended that you buy high-quality lights and consult professionals. There is nothing wrong with what you pay for what you get.