The fluffy top of the established New Year's fir got almost to the ceiling. A fresh smell of needles and an approaching magic New Year's holiday floated through the apartment. Bright garlands of Christmas lights on the tree sparkled and winked along with a bright illumination of the suspended ceiling, installed by their own hands. You still do not know how to make a false ceiling lighting? Hurry, because the chimes will soon strike twelve!
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Why we choose ceiling lighting
All successful variants of the suspended ceiling in the apartment can be highlighted with the help of expressive illumination. Modern advances in lighting technology have gone far ahead, leaving behind boring and dull incandescent lamps.
They were replaced by LED tapes and suspended ceiling lamps, which can be mounted on the ceiling bezels of the suspended ceiling design with their own hands.
Illumination of a two-level ceiling with lighting
Effectively looks suspended ceiling with illumination, made in the form of smooth step transitions.
For the installation and installation of the backlight, the step height and the number of intended use of the luminaires are preliminarily calculated.
Creating a smooth transition for installation begins with the reinforcement along the perimeter walls of the guides and the first level profiles. To create a two-level ceiling with illumination it will be necessary to create curved structures, in the middle of which will be placed lamps.
The curved metal structures are cut on the shelves of the profiles and the second level of the suspended ceiling is fixed with self-tapping screws with prepared holes for installing the fixtures. However, in addition to the traditional built-in spotlights, special interest is caused by LED strip lighting.
You do not know how to decorate a room for the New Year holidays? Install the LED lighting for the ceiling, and the magic mood will be guaranteed!
LED Lighting Designs
We can not hide that the most popular design solution for the design of suspended ceilings is the use of LEDs. What attracts LEDs for decorating ceilings? The obvious advantages of the LED strip used for lighting are the insignificant cost of LED strips and the insignificant level of consumed electricity.
An acceptable and inexpensive design of LED backlight can be conditionally divided into:
• illumination of the overall interior
• Directional backlighting
• Design illumination.
In any case, the organization of the suspension must be remembered that the mass of lamps and suspended structures should not exceed 10 kg. Such limitations are due to the insignificant load-bearing capacity of drywall sheets.
About the LED ribbon, say the word
Miniature and attractive LED tape is the most common option for designing lighting.
What should I remember when choosing an LED strip? These are the following characteristic parameters:
• LED color
• Density of mounting LEDs
• Brightness
• Fineness of installation.
The most expressive characteristic is the color of the LEDs. A variety of colors is represented by modest single-color ribbons and tricolor ribbons, for which you need to use a special controller.
In a natural way, the brightness of the backlight depends on the density of the LEDs mounted on the tape. So, for example, for contour illumination it is possible to use light-emitting diode tapes having density of installation to 60 light-emitting diodes on one meter. More dense ribbons, holders of 120 diodes per meter, are used for general interior or target illumination. For reliable protection against blotting out the backlight, LED strips are used, indicated by the IP index with waterproofing silicone coating.
And, finally, the brightness of the LED strip depends on its cost. If you want to get a bright and high-quality backlight, then buy an expensive tape. For contour highlighting use special cornices, located between the levels of the suspended ceiling. When installing the lighting of the suspended ceiling from the tape around the perimeter of the levels it is necessary to take into account its location, excluding the possibility of partial overlapping by levels or elements of the mounting frame.
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How to install ceiling lighting with LED strip
Installation of the lighting of the suspended ceiling with the use of LED tape factory manufacturing is not particularly difficult. Most models of LED strip are supplied by the manufacturer in a 5 m long coil. For contour lighting, it is possible to connect 3 tapes.
With this connection, the polarity must be strictly observed. Do not put a preliminary "control" calculation of the power supply. For this, the length of the tape is boldly multiplied by the power rating of 1 meter of the LED strip. When installing an LED tape for lighting systems having a power of 50 W, you will need to use several power supplies.
Power units of higher power are of considerable size, and it is simply impossible to disguise them in a small niche of gypsum board.
Installation of LED backlight is made on the frame of the second level of the ceiling. And when the second layer is plastered with gypsum boards, a cornice is formed from below for the subsequent placement of the LED strip. At this stage, wires to connect to the technological groove for mounting the backlight are output. On the outer perimeter of the cornice with the help of the starting metal profile is fastened the rim.
Connecting a factory-built LED tape with a standard connector and a plug for connecting the complexity does not cause. Manufacturers of LED products mark wires and terminals as standard. After checking the performance of the tape, it can be glued to the cornice of the suspended ceiling behind the plasterboard side. Your festive New Year's lighting of the suspended ceiling is ready. It's time to open the champagne.
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