How to choose a lighting system for the pool. Types of outdoor and underwater lights
The presence of a pool in your own home is a sign of prosperity of its owners. The benefits that the inhabitants and guests of the house receive are many: a private pond on hot summer days will save you from the heat, it will allow children and adults to have fun and interesting time. In addition, with the installation of additional lighting in the pool, it becomes possible to use it to increase the aesthetic attractiveness of the local area, and an additional light source at night will help to increase the safety of people moving in the yard at night.
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- Pool lighting video video
- Pool lighting - consider different lighting options
- Pool lighting LED and halogen video
- Underwater pool light
- Fiber optic fixtures
- Lighting option with traditional spotlights
- If the installation of lighting will be done by yourself
Pool lighting
It’s quite difficult to properly design the pool lighting. To solve this issue will have to make a lot of effort. For example, when installing lighting elements on the outside of the pool, there is a risk that additional light will change the perception of the overall landscape of the site. But you don’t need to be especially afraid of these changes, because often the view of the terrain changes in a positive direction. The illuminated pool will delight the eyes of both guests and owners, lighting devices will add comfort and coziness to the recreation area, and very quickly it will become a favorite place for evening leisure.
Using lighting lamps for a home reservoir, you can place the emphasis in the overall design: if you wish, you can achieve a bright and festive atmosphere or a romantic and dreamy one. Before going to a specialty store and directly by the purchase itself, you should carefully familiarize yourself with the subtleties and differences of use.
According to technical specifications and color schemes, devices for lighting home ponds are divided into two types.
- The first is devices that create lighting in a classic style. Such devices emit ordinary light and are ideal for creating comfort, coziness, peace of mind.
- The second is devices that illuminate the territory with multi-colored lamps. Coming creatively, one can achieve theatrical brightness with a play of light and shadow and create original original paintings.
Pool lighting - consider different lighting options
Pool lighting can be located in two horizons: general lighting - the source is located above and below the surface of the water - special sources for lighting the pool. Since water is considered a material that transmits and reflects light well, experts argue that this is an excellent field for experimentation.
To confirm this statement, you can try to direct the beam into the water at different angles, and then direct it out of the water, also changing the angle. First of all, there will be a huge difference between the first and second backlight options. Secondly, the surrounding area, and in both cases, will acquire new colors, the resulting paintings will be unusual and interesting.
Summing up the results of such a peculiar experiment, it becomes clear that lighting from outside performs direct functions, and lighting under the water column adds aesthetic functions.
For those who want to achieve the impression of a glow of water, you can use special lights for underwater lighting, having previously bought them in specialized stores.
Pool lighting LED and halogen
Most often, halogen lamps are used in the upper horizon of pool lighting. They have sufficient power and are made of tempered, elegant glass. A few of these lamps will be enough to illuminate the impressive area of \u200b\u200bthe water surface, as well as the perimeter around the bowl. Basically, such illumination is used in public pools, where the main objective of the illumination is considered to guarantee the safety of visitors.
If you want to highlight your personal pond, it is better to use LED lights for the pool. They, like halogen ones, have sufficient power, are considered energy-saving and have an excellent aesthetic appearance, which in turn adds completeness to the overall design of the territory.
Underwater pool light
There are times when, after mounting all the paraphernalia, there is a feeling that something is still missing. Perhaps the missed moment is the lighting of the underwater layer. The rays passing through its entire thickness will add the missing visual sensations.
Underwater lights for the pool are made of special shockproof plastic or stainless steel, which due to its characteristics is not subject to corrosion. Devices made of tempered glass are completely protected from possible damage when bathing and diving owners, as well as from deformation under water pressure.
Fiber optic fixtures
Firstly, it should be noted that this system of illumination will require considerable financial investments. Such lighting systems will create a colorful show of splashes and shades. It will be a real firework in the water. This type of lighting is considered completely safe for humans and their health.
Lamps are made of fiber optic. The peculiarity of such a system is the ability to install the emitter at a decent distance from a personal reservoir, which in turn allows you to avoid contact with water. This type of lighting, even in its original form, seems peculiar and unusual; in this case, it will not be necessary to create an original project for lighting a personal reservoir.
Fiber-optic installations differ in rather long service life. 150 W equipment can operate continuously for about 13,000 hours. In other words, this is 20 years of operation of the lamp with an average incandescent intensity.
Lighting option with traditional spotlights
If you do not stick to the latest innovations, then lighting can be equipped with more traditional methods. For example, use underwater mounted floodlights. The set for such illumination includes:
- plastic bowl
- halogen lamp from 50 to 300 W
- cable for supplying current to the device, with a high degree of waterproofing.
Before installing and connecting such a device, you should carefully read the instructions for use. It will be mandatory to indicate that this system operates on a voltage of 12 watts. Therefore, the acquisition of a stabilizing transformer will be inevitable.
A non-standard and bizarre combination of backlighting from water with unlit stripes at the bottom forms a fascinating and funny visual effect.
There is one unspoken rule: for arranging lighting that will be attractive and uniform at the same time, you need to make sure that the devices located in the pool and along its perimeter from the outside are
- firstly, in the same amount,
- secondly, equipped with lamps of the same power.
External lamps will create a stable background, and spotlights in the water - the main light, brightness and saturation.
Lamps located outside the water, but in the immediate vicinity of it, it is better to buy with the 2nd class of protection. Devices of the 1st class are not afraid of only condensation, and the second class is not afraid of splashes of water accidentally falling on them. The emphasis has already been placed on the fact that in such a situation, halogen lamps with soft undistorted light and good color transmittance will be the most advantageous acquisition. Particularly successful, extraordinary and busy will be the option of placing similar lamps on a moving base. The trajectory of the lamp beam, on this basis, can be easily changed.
If the installation of lighting will be done by yourself
- If it so happens that the connection of lighting devices for the pool is done independently, you need to take into account the fact that electricity and liquid are poorly compatible things.
- In order to prevent malfunctions in the future and to use the device for a rather long time in a safe mode for life and health, the lighting should have the highest degree of protection against humidity, mechanical deformation and dust. You can familiarize yourself with similar technical characteristics by studying in detail the instructions attached to each lighting device.
- When acquiring such an illumination, you should pay attention to IP. The coefficient of this technical characteristic should be at least 68. 6, in the indications of this coefficient, determines the degree of protection against dust and dense bodies, and 8 - determines the height of resistance to penetration and moisture.
- Even when buying water lighting, you need to pay attention to the indicator of the level of protection of people in the pool at the time of bathing, from the permissible effects of current in the water. In order to verify the correct operation of this system, prophylaxis is carried out to obtain a guarantee of the highest level of sealing of wiring, lighting devices and low voltage lamps.
Lamps designed to work under water and having a power of less than 50 watts are used only in bathtubs designed for hydro massage, the depth of which does not exceed one meter. In pools, resort to the help of lighting to create a common illumination. For example, a lamp with a power of 100 W is guaranteed to illuminate a pool area of \u200b\u200b12 square meters, a lamp of 300 W will be enough to get excellent visibility at 20 square meters.
There is another, more convenient to maintain, option for lighting in the pool. A kind of tunnel is being constructed around the perimeter or circumference of the pool. Its presence can facilitate the work on troubleshooting devices. Of course, if such a tunnel is not provided for in the development plan, then its installation may not be necessary, troubleshooting in lighting fixtures can be made directly from the pool. When the tunnel is nevertheless provided and built, it is better to place illumination devices in it. In this case, quick access to the devices is guaranteed. The benefit in the availability and operation of the tunnel is obvious - there is no need to drain the water for repair or maintenance.
