Many people get confused about the spotlight and down light. they do not know what is the difference between a spotlight and a down light, or how to use in Home Lighting, or the difference of the lighting effects between them.
Now, I will try to answer you the questions.
Simply put, down light is a focus lamp relative to the exposed lights, usually use for general lighting and additional lighting. But the effect of the light focus of the Spotlight is much better than the down light, the light go through in a certain direction as you want. It leads the spotlight is use for many special lighting, such as light up the important point or interesting place.
Then, How to distinguish between them?
1, for the light source, the one for the down light can be Incandescent bulbs or Energy-saving bulbs. The light color of the Incandescent bulbs is yellow and the Energy-saving bulbs light color is white or yellow. The light direction of the ceiling lamp can not be changed.
In home lighting, the light source of spotlight is quartz bulbs or LED. And the light color of the quartz bulbs is yellow. You can change the light of the spotlight to any direction.
2, about the Installation Position, we usually mount the down lights into the ceiling. It is a best choice to install the down light near the pendant lamp, the light is more softer than the spotlight.
They are many ways to install the spotlights, such as the track-way mounting, the Embedded and so on. Most of the spotlight install with a transformer. The spotlight is used for highlighting a spacial place, such as the Fresco, the decorations and so on…
3, last one, in same class, the spotlight is more expensive than the down light.
It is important to note that it is very danger to close distant illuminate the fabric and the inflammables by spot light, it could cause a fire!
