Hanging or suspended luminaires, as they are known in some places, are an excellent idea to give your space a feeling of height and elegance, but the main thing is to know where you can and where not to install these lights.

The most important thing when installing a luminaire of this type is to observe and calculate very well the height of your ceiling, along with the length of the luminaire. For this reason here are some tips that you should take into account before putting an aim pendant light.

Pendant luminaire indoors or outdoors

Defines whether the luminaire will be installed indoors or outdoors. If the luminaire will be indoors, it must be installed at a height of 3 to 3.5 meters from the ground.

If the installation is outdoors, it is recommended that it be at a height of 7 meters from the ground, so that the luminaire will have a good light opening. These luminaires are ideal for gardens, parking lots and roads.

Decorative pendant light

If you want the fixture to be decorative, an aim pendant light may not work well for you, try some fixtures on the floor.

There is also the possibility that you want to install an indirect luminaire, to highlight a frame or shelf, in these cases it is always good to put the luminaire in a canopy on a rail or superimposed so that it directs the light directly to the frame. Remember to check what type of luminaire you want since there are 3 types depending on the Kelvin degrees (2700 ° k, 4100 ° k, 5000 ° k).

It is difficult to put an aim pendant light inside a conventional house since the ceilings are somewhat low. So keep that in mind, a chandelier typically goes one meter below the base of the ceiling.

The most important thing when placing a suspended luminaire is that they do not obstruct the passage of people.

Finally, you must think about maintenance. In general terms, a cloth will suffice to keep the lampshades clean, but this task can be more or less simple depending on whether the lamp is made of metal, glass or plastic.