Track lighting system: features, characteristics, types, dignities

Modern technologies, including the track lighting system, make it possible to create incredible original and different interiors from standard representations. They allow you to bring something new, to look at the world from the other side.

What it is

A special feature of this lighting system is the use of a special tire, on which lighting fixtures are already mounted. The length and thickness of the tires can be completely different. Everything will depend on the height of the ceilings in the room where they are planned for installation. Also differs and the number of lamps that will be attached to the tires. It is important to find a "golden mean". If you fix too few lamps, then the lighting in the room will be meager. If you hang them too much, the light will be bright, but the huge costs of paying for electricity will not be long in coming.

Standard equipment

• Transformer.
• Connecting elements.
• Wires.
• Devices for fixing tires and luminaires.
• LED lights themselves.

When buying such a lighting system, it is recommended to check the availability of all necessary components for high-quality installation in the store.

Areas of use

Track lighting system was originally developed for use in various trade and exhibition halls. With the help of fixtures, attention was focused on the right object, and a well-designed backlight was provided. The location of goods in the hall can often vary, and it is already impossible to change the location of stationary lamps. This is where the track lights come to the rescue, which "drive" unobstructed on the bus and can illuminate this or that place at the right time.

Despite the primary idea, designers quickly realized that this lighting system would look good in the interior of a regular apartment or a country house. The track lighting system made it possible to focus on the merits of the interior and to make certain shortcomings in planning or design invisible.

In addition to houses, apartments and retail premises, such a system has perfectly proved itself in offices, nightclubs, cafes, bars and restaurants.

Benefits

What is so attractive track lighting system and what are its main advantages? Firstly, this is a very stylish and thought-out solution that can make even a dull and boring interior play up a new light. Secondly, the track system allows you to change the direction of the light beam at any time, making the necessary accents.

The third plus of such coverage is in its mobility. Tire track lighting systems can be installed in any room at any height. Fourthly, due to the low level of electromagnetic radiation, this lighting system can be mounted near electrical or radio devices.

disadvantages

Perhaps the only drawback of the track system is the high price. LED track lights cost from 1,400 rubles. Cheaper, of course, will cost a luminaire in which instead of light-emitting diodes a conventional incandescent lamp (from 450 rubles) is used. And if you multiply the price of one lamp by the required amount, you get a very impressive amount.

Despite the high cost, this system has the ability to quickly pay off due to a long service life. The recoupment increases also due to the high-quality uninterrupted operation of lighting devices.

Varieties by type of tire and light source

By type of bus system can be single-phase, two-phase and three-phase. Track lighting systems use various types of bulbs: halogen, metal-halogen, LED and luminescent.

As for the phases, it is better to choose two- or three-phase systems. They allow you to connect several lamps that will work in an independent mode. This is very convenient, if at the moment it is necessary to highlight only one specific zone in the room.

Now about the lamps. The cheapest, as we said above, are halogen lamps. But they have a number of shortcomings. For example, a short period of operation and a fairly high consumption of electrical energy. You can not save with these lamps.

Metal-halogen lamps have already lower consumption, but very quickly flare up. In rooms where instant bright illumination is required, their use is inexpedient. In addition, by the end of their service life they give off an unpleasant greenish light.

The greatest number of advantages have LED track lighting systems.

• Economical energy consumption and the opportunity to save on paying bills.
• Long service life.
• Compact size.
• No unpleasant or cutting eyes. No flashing, shaking, oscillation and low-frequency pulsations of light.