Accent Your Architecture With New Warm Or Cool Tone Led Cove Lighting

Every home has its own special twists and turns around the ceiling perimeter giving it individual character. Some ceilings are vaulted, as in churches, while others are at lower heights surrounding irregular angles. Many ceilings have overhangs, which can only stand out with proper illumination. Cove lighting is a great way to accent the architecture and add a little touch of beauty into those dark places.

Cove lighting is basically a type of indirect illumination. An indirect lighting system channels indoor light to ceiling level, and then reflects the light back down into the room. The problem with conventional indirect ceiling light fixtures is that they tend to direct illumination into a room unevenly. This results from high light levels located below the fixture, which usually dissipate as the illumination travels away from the fixture itself. To counteract this effect many people move the indirect light fixtures closer together or add more on to the ceiling. This is not the solution however. Following these procedures will cause an increase in energy use and create a source for reflective glare. Indirect illumination can solve these problems, and one of the ways to do this is through the use of custom cove lighting fixtures.

There are unique ways of enhancing the lighting theme of a given space. Custom cove mount light strips give homeowners exactly, what he or she desires when it comes to this type of lighting. LED cove lighting strips are excellent in both residential and commercial settings.

Light strips can be personally customized to fit into every nook and cranny your ceiling has to offer. Many builders make the common mistake of fabricating the cove too small. As a result illumination will not spread in an even fashion throughout the room, and hot spots from the lamps will also increase. Most examples will have the dimensions of a rain gutter. They should protrude about 4 inches from the wall and around 4 inches below the ceiling, along with a 2 inch trough. These are the minimum dimensions any cove should have. The greater the distance from the wall and down from the ceiling, the better the light will be spread out. A heavily depressed cove however, will inhibit the distribution of light and create unwanted shadows in your room. You can patch this up by installing blocks and moving the illumination source up or down during installation to achieve the most radiant light source.

Be sure not to use a lacquer finish or reflective wallpaper on your ceiling. Always use a non-reflective material or a matte finished paint in order to avoid catastrophic results. In addition always make sure that your cove is continuous and not bogged down with supports that would interfere with the beauty of the lighting.

The new generation light strips are available with 1.7 watt LED lamps, versus incandescent and Xenon lamps in 3, 5, or 10 watt bulbs. Compared to rope lights, which only offer about 5 watts per linear foot, there are light strips that give the user the equivalent of 21 watts per foot at just over 5 watts and are dimmable. Large rooms benefit most from this unique high performance light output. Even certain rigid light strips can also be cut to fit into the radius coves.

Your beautiful ceiling no longer has to remain an undiscovered secret. Utilize cove lighting to illuminate those unnoticed dark places. Customized, snug, and easy to install, the new generation LED cove lights will make all your lighting requirements flow smoothly. So let the gorgeous features of your ceilings shine in a new light.