Difference Between Spotlight and Downlight

The biggest difference between spotlights and downlights lies in their different functions.

If it is a spotlight, it is highly focused and can hit specific objects. The lamp tube can relatively play the role of concentrating light, and can be used for general lighting or auxiliary lighting.

1. the lamp tube is a kind of lighting fixture embedded in the ceiling to illuminate downward. Its outstanding feature is that it can well maintain the integrity of the building decoration and will not damage the original structure and appearance of the ceiling due to the setting of downlights. The lamp tube occupies a small space. The light source can well increase the soft atmosphere of the space and create an atmosphere. It is often combined with the ceiling.

2. different light sources: the downlight is installed with energy-saving lamp, and the light source direction is fixed. The spotlight adopts quartz bulb, and the direction of light source can be adjusted arbitrarily; Different applications: downlight auxiliary lighting, soft and comfortable light. Lighting is used to highlight a specific object, play an emphasis role, and make the object more textural.

3. the tube of down lamp can be installed with incandescent bulb or energy-saving lamp. Yellow light when incandescent lamp is installed. When installing energy-saving lamps, depending on the type of bulb, it can be white or yellow. The light source direction of the lamp tube is not adjustable. The spotlight used in ordinary families is a quartz lamp, also known as a lamp bead.

Of course, large spotlights do not require quartz bulbs. The quartz lamp has only yellow light. And the direction of the light source of the ordinary spotlight can be freely adjusted.

Tips: spotlights can be divided into track type, hanging point type, embedded type, etc. Spotlights usually have transformers, but there are also no transformers. Spotlights in the ceiling can be installed indoors. Spotlights are mainly used in places that need to be emphasized, such as TV walls, hanging pictures, accessories, etc., to enhance the lighting effect.