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How to choose recessed lighting?

Lighting is very much important for enhancing the beauty, appeal aesthetically, create and change the mood as well as ambiance of a space of living. The fixture of lighting creates safe and comfortable environment for you and it is the crucial element that provides the new look and special look to the room. For lighting purpose people considerably choose recessed lights because these lights are durable and reliable.

Recessed lighting is also known as can lights, puck lights and high hat lights. You can install recessed lighting within a wall or ceiling. Recessed lighting provides lighting to the main areas of the room as well as it also gives you a chance to avail the unique possibilities which you can customize for the layout of the room lighting.

LED recessed lighting has a long life span as compared to the fluorescent or incandescent bulbs. It plays very much essential role because it is cool in use and it provide efficient work in less energy. The most crucial advantage you can avail from LED recessed lighting is changing the mood of the room

You need to focus on the two main components of the recessed lightings in which includes the housing and the trim. Right trim belongs to the personal taste and it is more complicated and difficult for you to choose. You need to get significant consultation from the electrician before making a choice because understanding it and knowledge regarding the components and elements are very much essential for getting the right recessed lights.

Recessed lights are widely used in the new constructions as well as remodels. Using in the new construction are most appropriate because you have enough space to install the recessed lightings properly because you have a new building and you have full access to the wall/ceiling/floor without sheetrock or plaster hindering your access to beams and you have access to the space due to an overhead attic, a pop-out ceiling panel, etc. As far as the remodel housings are concerned, they are not so much bulky and appropriate respectively because in this case you have limited space to manage. This is very much common in the apartments or in homes because there are no crawl spaces or attics.

You need to have enough knowledge regarding the components such as the rates of IC or Non-IC because knowing about them is critical aspect to choose the right housing. An IC is also known as insulation contact which means that the fixture can be come in contact with thermal insulation directly. Besides this, Non-IC which is also known as non-insulation contact it is opposite to the IC rated and it explains that that the fixture can't come in direct contact with thermal insulation and it should keep away at least 3 inches from any insulation.

You need to focus on the technical component as well in which includes line or low voltage. Line voltage has been operated directly off of the normal household 120 volt current. You are not required to focus on transformer or special modern-dimmers because nothing are need to use. It is recommended when you have high ceilings and you need to provide generally illumination to a room and you can consume this up to a 150W bulb. Moreover, recessed lighting of Low Voltage is more energy efficient and it uses 12 volt current for this you need to attach the special transformer which mitigates the voltage and for specials dimmers are required.

Before choosing the recessed lights you should concentrate on how many pots lights do I need?

You are needed to first measure the room’s dimensions (length and width) in inches where you want to install the LED recessed lights or the recessed lights. This is an important rule to keep in mind when you are going to measure quantity of the pot of lights  is that one recessed light is used for every 4 to 6 square feet of ceiling space by doing this provides even, overall illumination Other important layout which you must keep in the mind for the kitchen lighting is to place lights around the perimeter of the room which aimed at the countertop edges, the lights will be illuminated counter work areas or the sink, and avoid creating shadows by people standing at the counters working.

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