How to make lighting in the house?

preparatory work So, the first thing you need to do is to choose the appropriate fixtures for all rooms yourself. Here everything depends only on your preferences, however we recommend using the following product variants:

• bedroom - near the bed of a sconce, on the ceiling of a chandelier or LED strip;
• bathroom - near the mirror lamp and on the ceiling soffits or damp-proof plafond;
• corridor - ceiling spotlights;
• living room - floor lamps and chandelier;
• kitchen - directional lights, soffits or LED strip.

You also need to decide on the light bulbs, what they should be. To date, incandescent and halogen lamps are receding into the past, giving way to a more economical and reliable lighting option in the house - LED lamps.

When you are already certain about the types of lamps and the types of light bulbs, you can proceed to an equally important stage - the settlement work. To conduct light in the house you need to calculate the number of bulbs in relation to each room. For example, for a small bathroom there will be enough four soffits, which can not be said for a spacious kitchen.

So, you need to find two values:

1. Calculated lighting power. It is defined as the area of ​​the room( Sq.) Multiplied by the specific power of the luminaires( Pd.) And the demand factor( Ks).As for the area of ​​questions should not arise, but as for the remaining parameters, then for residential premises.is 16 W, and KC is 1. We substitute, calculate, go further.
2. Number of lamps. Here everything is quite simple and the only unknown in the formula is Pn, which denotes the power of one lamp. We select suitable light sources and substitute the characteristic Pn.in the formula.

After the number of light bulbs will be calculated, it is necessary to proceed to the final stage - the creation of an electrical lighting scheme in the house.

By the way, as for the cable you are going to hold light in the house, it is best to choose a three-core copper conductor with a cross-section of cores of at least 1.5 mm2, which will be quite sufficient for domestic conditions. The most suitable price-quality ratio for the domestic VVG cable, which is used most often.

The last thing you need to do is draw the lighting scheme of the house yourself, on which the following elements will be marked:

• types of lamps for all rooms( for example, a chandelier and sconce can be installed in the bedroom, and in the kitchen only LED lighting);
• cable route along the walls;
• the location of the junction box;
• connection points for circuit breakers.

When the project is created, you can buy all the accessories and hold the light in the house with your own hands.

Video review of the new country house with modern lighting:

Basic process

The technology will be provided from the ground up, that is, when the room is fully installed wiring.

So, to make light in the house with your own hands, you need:

1. Switch off electricity.
2. Make shtroby in the walls under the laying of the cable, according to the scheme.
3. Cut the cable into suitable lengths( from the lead-in to the junction box, from the box to the chandelier, sconce, etc.).
4. Carry out a lighting line, starting from the opening flap. Connect the wires in junction boxes by WAGO terminals or soldering, no twisting should be.
5. Connect switches and lighting fixtures in the rooms.
6. Call the finished line with a multimeter for a short circuit.
7. If everything is in order, cover the stit coils with plaster solution. Otherwise, you need to find the short-circuit and remake the problem zone yourself, perhaps in one of the boxes there are exposed strands.
8. Switch on the induction machine and check the operation of the finished lighting system in the house.

Here's how you can easily light yourself in the house. The main thing that you should remember is to observe the color marking of the wires when they are connected and make sure to lead a phase conductor, not a zero conductor, to a break in the light switch.

Useful advices on the

theme Finally, we recommend that you take into account the following tips to correctly conduct light in a private house with your own hands:

• The cable must be copper, Aluminum wires are more brittle and not so well withstand current loads.
• It is better to hold more than one group of lighting, but several. For example, the first line will be responsible for light in the bathroom, kitchen and corridor, and the second in the bedroom and living room. Such a grouping will allow servicing and repairing fixtures, so that there is no need to turn off lighting throughout the house.
• In rooms such as a bedroom and living room, it is desirable to install a dimmer that can adjust the intensity of the lighting, making a bright or muffled light.
• The installation of the wiring must be done in a hidden way, which is undoubtedly safer and will not spoil the beauty of the interior.
• Try to make the highlight unusual, combining a practical and decorative function. A clear example of this idea is the hidden illumination of the floor, shown in the photo below.
• Be sure to create in the junction box the designation of each of the groups of wires, for example: a light in the hall, a chandelier in the kitchen or an LED strip the upper level of the ceiling. So it will be easier to repair and maintain the wiring.

This was all the information most useful to us in order to make light in the house with our own hands. If you have any questions, ask them our experts in the category of "Q & A"!

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