Interior lighting today offers moredesign possibilities. It allows even the simplest interior to be made more stylish and attractive. A special LED strip is used for backlighting; it is cost-effective, reliable, has a long service life and is extremely easy to maintain. Such lighting can be done in various versions, the color of the strips is selected individually. The installation diagram is simple, you can easily handle it yourself.
With the help of LED lighting, even the mostan ordinary interior can be made stylish and attractive. There are many options for LED lighting: the popular cornice lighting today, an unusual mirror ceiling, color music lighting. For work, tapes of one color or RGB are used, special controllers are installed for regulation.
Mounting accessories
To light a room with LED strip, you need to prepare the following components:
Types of LED strips.
To select a power supply, you need to use the formula PSU = L * P + 20%.
- Riip is the rated power for a pulse type power supply;
- L - the length of the tape, which is calculated in meters;
- P - this is the calculated power per meter of tape, it is specified by the manufacturer;
- 20% - power reserve.
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Diagram of connection of LED backlight
The LED strip lighting scheme can be different. Most often, it is necessary to mount a regular 5-meter single-color strip. For installation, you will need:
- tape in a reel;
- wires with output for power supply;
- Power Supply;
- wires connected to a normal electrical network by 20 V.
Electrical diagram of LED strip.If the length required is more than 5 m, then it is necessary to perform a parallel connection, not a serial one. For this purpose, each tape has special contacts. If you make a mistake and connect the elements in series, then each subsequent tape will illuminate the room more dimly, its service life will be reduced. For installation of the tape length, different methods can be used:
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Interior LED Ceiling Light
Interior ceiling lighting - this isthe ability to completely transform a room using a simple but high-quality LED strip. Today, this option is usually used with suspended or stretch ceilings, cornice lighting is quite popular. Interior ceiling lighting allows you to improve the level of illumination and save on electricity.
LED strip connection diagram.LED strip can be used to decorate any surface, multi-level plasterboard structures can be visually expanded, emphasizing the necessary areas. To create cornice lighting, the strip is mounted behind a small horizontal ledge made of plasterboard. The room is illuminated in different ways, it all depends on how exactly the strip was fixed. For example, the light can be diffused or directed, the result is ultimately varied. The color of the system can also differ, it is not necessarily the usual white. LEDs can be blue, red, green, yellow, there are multi-colored strips. The controller allows you to change not only the color, but also the lighting level. Return to contents</a>
Color music highlighting
One of the most unusual options forlighting devices is a color music backlight. Any room with such an innovation can easily be transformed into a modern color music disco, but in your own home. This modern design is developed taking into account the latest achievements of nanotechnology. A special controller is used to adjust the color of the tape. When the music is turned on, it completely controls the frequency and color of the tape, it seems that it changes color in time with the musical accompaniment.
</a>Fastening of aluminum corner for LEDtapes. The tape itself can be mounted in the ceiling cornice, vertically or horizontally on the walls. The effect is stylish, original and attractive. This option is used today not only for night clubs, for which it was developed, but also for large living rooms. It is interesting in bedrooms, kitchens, but a little limited. Bright and too often changing lighting is not needed. In the latter case, soft color changes to relaxing and pleasant music will do. Multi-colored tapes are used for installation, a special audio controller is required. Return to contents</a>
How is the lighting of the corridors
Lighting in corridors has its own characteristics,which are explained by the small area, often not the most convenient layout of this small room. In the corridor, it is necessary to provide not only a good level of light, but also to give it more comfort. It is with the help of LED strip that you can provide the desired effect, while additional space for lamps and sconces is not required. Cornice lighting is ideal here, when the LED strip is mounted on the ceiling behind a plasterboard ledge. As a result, the room is perfectly illuminated, visually creating the effect of increasing the space. LEDs can also be used to illuminate walls, furniture sets in the hallway. This will provide more directional light, will allow you to hide some of the shortcomings of the room, focus on individual elements. Strips are mounted near a mirror, a wardrobe with clothes, lighting the opening of the entrance door, the interior door between the hall and living quarters is relevant. The color of the backlight is usually white, other options are used extremely rarely, since they are not entirely appropriate and convenient for use. White gives more light, in such a small space this is necessary. Return to contents</a>
Mirror ceiling "to infinity"
A modern, unusual version of backlighting"Infinity" is only gaining popularity. The peculiarity of the installation is that the structure and LED strip seem to go literally to infinity, while the surface is not visible. You can make the backlight yourself, it requires a certain amount of labor. It is necessary to first determine where exactly this option will be used. Most often, these are ceilings in corridors, doorways of arches, portals. The scheme of the device is as follows:
This option allows you to illuminate places thatusually suffer from a lack of light, and separate lamps are not used for them. This applies to loggias, wide portals between living rooms and corridors, the corridors themselves, which need an additional accent. When planning work with such mirror LED structures, it is necessary to provide for the correct fastening of glass plates, since their weight is significant. This is especially true for the ceiling. LED interior lighting is used more and more often today. It can be used for any room, made in the form of a ceiling and wall structure, cornice lighting. For work, special tapes are used instead of standard lamps, the installation scheme is extremely simple, accessible to anyone.
