Headless lighting: a practical installation guide.

The design of main lamp is becoming more and more popular in China families. Especially after learning the advantages of advanced lighting atmosphere, scientific lighting, high display layers and stronger decoration, most families will decisively choose the main light!

Then the question comes: how to design the main light?

& gt Must the main light be planned before renovation?

& gt is it not bright enough?

& gt how to leave potential?

& gt how much will it cost?

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This article can answer your doubts about the installation of the main light ~

1. Why do you suggest planning the design of the main light before decoration?

Although the main light design is becoming more and more popular, most finely decorated houses in the market still have the main light design, and many second-hand houses even have only one light position in one space.

△ Many families only have a potential in the center of the living room ceiling.

Taking the living room as an example, a main light usually leaves the potential energy of a ceiling lamp or a chandelier in the center of the living room, instead of designing the potential energy of a spotlight or downlight around the space. This means that before moving in, if you want to install the main light, you must first make a good lighting layout, re-do the potential and lay the wires.

However, after the transformation, I decided to be the main light, and I may face the following problems:

1.？ It is necessary to dig the foundation of the wall and re-pull the electricity, which may not necessarily take the shortest distance, which will inevitably increase the overall cost.

2.？ The position of the switching potential may be limited.

3.？ If the wall is not finished after the line is finished, it will affect the value of the home. If your home is a painted wall, it is even more tangled. Cutting the wall and repainting it can also lead to color difference. Not to mention your homemade wallpaper, wallboard ...

4.？ Embedded or hidden light sources are difficult to make, so it is necessary to make a suspended ceiling or a semi-suspended ceiling again. Many people basically give up at this stage. ...

△ After transformation, it will be the main light. If the home is a painted wall, the wiring on the wall may bring color difference.

Of course, it does not mean that the main light must be planned before the decoration.

The use of track lights and magnetic lights can also achieve the main lights after occupancy, but compared with the planning before renovation, the degree of freedom is not so great, and some ideas may not be realized.

2. Main lighting: Will the floor height be sacrificed?

Lighting without main light can be suspended or not.

If you want the overall effect of the main light to be better, the ceiling is undoubtedly the best choice. Those large flat roofs with a sense of high class look the same as those without ceilings. In fact, they look simple and have a complete ceiling. In addition to various embedded light sources, the ceiling can also hide wires, transformers, air conditioning ports and so on. Keep the space fresh and concise. The most commonly used hidden light strip for floodlighting usually relies on the ceiling to hide the light.

△ Minimum value and high value unowned lights usually need suspended ceiling.

However, making a ceiling means losing the height of the floor. The height of the whole suspended ceiling is between 10-30cm, while the height of most commercial houses is 2.6-2.8m, so whether to make a suspended ceiling depends on the conditions. Generally, as long as the final story height is above 2.5m, there will be no sense of space oppression.

In addition, the price is also a problem. Ceiling cost is not cheap, usually the market price of one square meter is around 200 yuan.

△ Local ceiling is practical, but not concise enough.

Of course, the higher the story, the wider the space. In Shu Lang, many families really don't want to sacrifice the height of the floor, so they choose a compromise: part of the ceiling.

There are many functions of the local ceiling: hiding the light belt, making curtain boxes, installing embedded downlights, air conditioning outlets, hiding transformers, wires and inspection ports. The disadvantage is that it doesn't look that simple.

△ It can also be used as the main light without ceiling, and the light version of the main light 2 rows of track lights can get the living room lighting.

Can you even cancel the local cap? Of course. You can also use only exposed downlights or track lights to create a space without main lights. Disadvantages are all the same: it is difficult to achieve a flat and simple feeling of a big flat top, and it is difficult for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to be flat ~

Because there is no ceiling cover, the wires should be slotted and hidden in the ceiling. At this time, the advantages of track lights are obvious, which can reduce the potential number and have strong flexibility. Many families use two track lights to solve the problem of no main light lighting in the living room, which is the laziest and most cost-effective solution.

3. What parameters should I pay attention to when lighting the main light?

If there is no main lighting, you need to know the following core parameters:

1. How many lights are bright enough?

Generally speaking, the living room lighting can be roughly calculated according to 3w/㎡, the kitchen area that pays attention to practical functions can reach 5w/㎡, and the bedroom floodlight+local accent lighting, with an average of about 2w/㎡.

Take a chestnut as an example: for example, your living room is 20m2, and the total brightness of LED needed in the living room is about 60w, and that of 30m2 is about 90w. Downlight and spotlight have different wattage, and 3w- 12w is more common. Different brightness is suitable for different functional areas, for example, corridors and aisles are 3w, floodlights are 5w, and accent lighting can choose 7w. Only by arranging the lights according to the life scene in your home can you get the most scientific and cost-effective scheme.

2. How far is the lamp from the wall? What is the distance between the light sources?

Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for spotlights to be 20-40cm away from the wall, and it is better for track lights to be 30-50cm away from the wall. The light source spacing is suggested to be between 10- 150cm, which varies greatly, mainly depending on the beam angle, spatial pattern and the lighting requirements of the actual scene.

Take 24 corner spotlights in the living room as an example: the light source is 30cm away from the wall, which can achieve better wall washing effect. 75cm between the light source and the light source can achieve sufficient brightness.

3. How comfortable is the color temperature?

The color temperature of household lighting is generally between 2500 K and 5000 K, which can be divided into warm light, warm white light and positive white light. The lower the color temperature value, the warmer the light, and the higher the color temperature value, the colder the light.

The most commonly used is warm white light of 3000-4000k K, which is close to natural light, neither too yellow nor too white.

It should be reminded that the higher the color temperature, the higher the blue light component, which may bring harm to the human body. According to the national architectural lighting design standard (GB 50034-20 13), it is suggested that the color temperature below 3300K should be adopted for indoor houses.

△ Suggestions on different space color temperatures in national architectural lighting design standard GB 50034-20 13

I decided to be the main light after renovation. How to achieve it?

After the renovation, I remember to be the main light. Where should I start? First of all, you should have a general understanding of the main light and make clear your own needs: do you want to make a ceiling? Or take the lazy cost-effective route and be a lamp without a main light?

After determining the basic problems, the following three problems need to be solved when entering the practice link:

1. Lighting design

If you have some research on lighting, or have a clear idea about the layout, you can plan the lighting layout yourself. Including which lamps and how many lamps are used. You can use hand-drawing, PPT, cool music and other tools to design a sketch of lighting layout.

△ Use cool music software to make lighting layout.

If you don't study lighting and want to save trouble, you can consult a professional lighting designer. Or consult a professional shop without a main light, and a good shop will provide professional lighting suggestions according to customers' needs.

2. Budget list

The main lamp involves many light sources and accessories, and the cost is relatively high. Generally, it costs 3000-8000 yuan to configure the light source in the living room. In order to avoid mistakes and control the overall budget reasonably, it is suggested to make a budget table first. Taking the living room space as an example, list the items needed for each space:

△ Light Layout Budget Representation Model

3. Installation and construction

To refit the main light, you need to find a professional electrician to cut the wall cable. The labor cost of electricians in the market is around 300 yuan/day. Be sure to communicate with the master in advance, who will pay for the wire, cement, paint, switch panel and other base materials. Ordinary electricians can help you with these basic materials, saving a lot of trouble.

In addition, the owner had better prepare the home wiring diagram for the master to avoid the breakdown of wires and water pipes. If the property is equipped with maintenance workers, it is recommended to give priority to the use of property electricians, who have a clear layout of the wires in the owner's home and are convenient for maintenance if there are after-sales problems.

Electrician's quotation generally does not include the installation of lamps and lanterns. Therefore, it is necessary to communicate with the master in advance to clarify the service scope covered by the fee. Some online shopping lamps will also provide door-to-door installation services. If it is clear in advance, the overall cost can be reasonably saved.

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