WHAT TYPE OF LED BULBS TO CHOOSE FOR HOME

When we are reforming our house or business and we have the lighting of it, the first question that will arise is: What LED bulbs to choose? And here the first decision is whether to keep the current installation or plan the costs of converting everything to LED lighting (in old buildings there will surely be traditional lighting still).

With the arrival of LED technology, considering maintaining the traditional installation is not a good option, so since we have to get into expenses, let's consider whether it is worth leaving an installation ready so that the electricity consumption is as low as possible in the future , he thinks that the electricity bill in our homes is higher every day and every time we connect more devices of all kinds in our home, mobiles, tablets, computers, and others, in addition to the appliances and lights of each of the rooms of our house or office, so we have to seek to have the devices that allow us to save in a significant way, and although many times we do not realize it, lighting is a large part of that expense in light, therefore, having a correct light installation, with the appropriate luminaires in each room, will make a big difference in our electricity bill at the end of the month, with minimum savings of 50%.

The LED lights also provide us with multiple lighting alternatives for each room in our home or in our business depends on the use that we are going to give, not only assuming great savings and providing the light we need in each room, but also the technology LED allows us to turn our lights also into a design tool with its various color temperatures and the new RGB color and color models that also allow us to play with colors other than white.

Clarified the first doubt, the next one is and what light bulbs do I need for each room?

 In this post, we will see the LED lights to be used in a house, since the lighting requirements and needs for a business are very different (in addition to each company having different needs depending on the sector of the company).

We will try to determine what would be the most appropriate LED lighting for each space of our home, always being clear that after depending on the specific use we are going to give and always also the tastes of each one, there may be variations, but we will see that they are that, slight variations, since the type of LED light to use in each of them essentially do not change.

In the hall

The hall is the entry point of our house, it is the first thing that those who visit us see and it is the first sensation that we transmit very important.

Normally a hall receives little natural light, so we have to take special care of the LED lighting that we are going to use so that whoever comes looks like a nice and cozy space.

Use indirect lighting

It is the best option to create a warm and pleasant atmosphere. If we combine the use of a table or floor lamps with  wall sconces we will  achieve different environments, and the ideal is that we can also regulate the intensity of light that we want to give each part of it with adjustable R7S bulbs

A simple floor lamp is sometimes all you need to totally change the appearance of a hall that has good natural light.

 

A fully luminous hall even if it does not have a single window.

In this case, to achieve amplitude and totally neutral light, the ideal would be tilting LED panels to direct the light towards the darkest corners.

 In the classroom

The living room is one of the points of the house where you can take advantage of all the possibilities of LED lighting, focus on specific points such as corners for reading or paintings , tilting ceiling lighting to illuminate darker areas or more neutral and wide lighting For most of the living room, ceiling lamps in the living-dining area or wall sconces, the living room allows us to play with almost all the options of LED lighting.

One of the points in the house where you can take advantage of all the possibilities of LED lighting is in the living room.

Simple lighting in this case based on the use of wall lights .

In the kitchen

When choosing the lighting for the kitchen, we must take into account 2 very important aspects, one the need for practical lighting and two that in those areas close to sink or kitchen where they can be splashed with liquid or solid substances, which LED lights that we choose to have a protection range of IP65, with protection against water and dust. Regardless of our tastes, the goal of the kitchen is that we can see with more clarity better and with the least possible color alterations, although that does not mean that it does not allow us to continue playing with small areas that will give a different touch to our kitchen and will make it warm and cozy too.

If we want to give a feeling of spaciousness in general we will use   Downlights that have a minimum angle of 120º (the wider the angle the less shadows we will have)

Without losing the objective of achieving spaciousness and general luminosity, we can also play with recessed ceiling placements or wall sconces at different temperatures in small corners and specific areas of the kitchen.

In the bathroom

The bathroom has additional requirements since it is a space where water is present, so the lighting we choose must take this into account and choose products with a protection range of at least IP44 in the places closest to it, as in the bathtub and in the sinks that are very exposed to splashes of water and other substances ( LED sconces   are a good option since they have IP65 protection range against dust and water).

Two different lighting options for a bathroom, both valid, always taking into account the protection against water in the areas closest to the bathtub / shower and washbasins.

In the rooms

As in the living room, in the rooms the possibilities offered by LED lights are virtually endless, we can use soffits, ceiling lamps, wall sconces, colored LED lights or RGB, etc.

Here are some ideas for rooms for both children and adults to give you a slight idea of ​​all the possibilities offered.

Use of colored LED strips to give some touches of color to some areas of the room.

In this room the combination of LED lights is wide, bulbs, soffits and lamps have been used to give this particular finish.

A simple lighting based on LED floor lamps next to the bed and recessed ceiling downlight to give general lighting and a feeling of spaciousness to the entire room.