Holding a swimming pool is a real plus in a home. A place for relaxation and relaxation, it allows you to enjoy many moments of family conviviality. And when the evening falls, the swimming pool becomes a real decorative element, provided it is well lit. Indeed, the lighting of the pool approaches has many interests, but it does not happen at random. Several criteria are to be taken into account to achieve it in good and proper form.
So how to choose your lighting for pool approaches What are the safety standards to be met? What are the advantages of this type of lighting? You will be told everything in this guide.
The advantages of lighting the surroundings of a swimming pool
The pool area lighting has many advantages. First of all, it helps to secure your pool. Indeed, as early as the evening fall, it can be difficult to distinguish the perimeter of the pool, and the risk of falling can be dangerous, especially if you have children. It is therefore important to be able to define the contours of the pool for the safety of all.
The lighting for the pool area also has an aesthetic dimension. 12V built-in spots The various solutions also allow you to create effects, play light and shade, or play with different lighting hues, which will create an original atmosphere and a unique atmosphere. The different solutions are designed to create effects, play light and shade, and play with different lighting hues, which will create a unique atmosphere. The different solutions are designed to create a new atmosphere and create a new atmosphere.
Finally, the lighting of the pool approaches also has a practical function. Indeed, it is much easier to act on a spot located near the pool, than on a lighting immersed in the water.
How to choose your poolside lighting solution?
To choose your lighting system, it is first of all important to know your needs, but also the location of the lights.
Make a Path
If you want to illuminate a path that leads to your water body, you can choose in this case for LED terminals or spots. the Pyramid 12V Lumihome terminal It is ideal. Elegant and timeless, it is available in low consumption 12V version to mark terraces or paths near the pool.
The LED picket spots in the range are also designed to be installed in a humid environment and will punctuate aisle leading to a basin, in all sobriety.
Indicate the contours of the basin and secure access
If you want to make a mark in order to secure the perimeter of your pool, we recommend you to opt for recessed spots that you will position at regular intervals around the pool. They will effectively delimit the surroundings of the water body, and will facilitate the traffic in the evening, not to mention bringing charm to your pool. Focusing on LED spots is a great idea. They allow you to save energy, but they also emit little heat, for an ideal level of sealing Christophe Coelho
The recessed spots also have the advantage of lighting discreetly, but efficiently. Indeed, your lighting should not dazzle guests, at the risk of disorienting them.
The LED spots certainly make it possible to secure the perimeter of the pool, but they also bring an original atmosphere by allowing you to play on the color. To this end, Lumihome offers 12V RGB CTC built-in LED luminaires capable of generating pure cold or hot white, as well as colour lighting that can be completely piloted by remote control.
Lighting stairs
To illuminate the indoor stairs of your pool, choose IP68 built-in spots. They will ensure that you get safely downhill and take you to the midnight baths with confidence. For this, the Lumihome range offers you totally immersive LED spots. Waterproof, they feature a 316 stainless steel case in brushed aluminium finish, and are able to create a beam of 90° of the most beautiful effect.
Finally, know that it is also possible to vary lighting solutions to create different spaces and different atmospheres. For example, you can use the recessed spots to define the contours of your pool and create a rather romantic and intimate place with the help of warm light pots. Various pleasures and create an atmosphere to your taste and image, which will respect your lifestyle and your family's habits.
The choice of lighting power
To choose the power of your lights, it is important to place their location well once again. Indeed, if the lights are intended to be placed at ground level, it is unnecessary to choose too powerful lighting, which could dazzle you and therefore constitute a danger.
Too high a power could also eclipse the elements near the water plane and hide its beauty. So you have to choose a reasonable luminous flux (maximum 200 lumens), and a rather wide beam of light.
The importance of safety standards
To illuminate your pool approaches, know that you will not be able to act at random. There are very strict safety rules, defined by the regulations of the NF C15-100 standard, still known as installer standard. As with bathroom lighting, you will therefore have to meet certain criteria before you throw your devolved on a particular luminaire.
Volume importance
The zoning allows the identification of the safety volumes, and therefore the choice of the types of luminaires suitable for the chosen location. There are 3 volumes:
Volume 0
It corresponds to all the parts that are inside the basin, both below the water level, and until the junction with the contours of the pool. In volume 0, you can only install luminaires with IPX8 protection rating. IP68 lighting solutions are therefore perfectly suited. Also know that you will need to power your lighting with very low voltage current, i.e. 30V maximum in direct current, and 12V in alternating current.
Volume 1
This volume corresponds to the whole area surrounding the edge of the pool and pediluvus, over a distance of 2 meters long, and 2.5 meters high around the basin. For this volume, you will have to choose luminaires with the IPX5 protection index, i.e. lighting with an index of 65 or more. As for power supply, as for volume 0, the luminaires in volume 1 will be supplied with very low voltage current.
Volume 2
Volume 2 adds 1.5 metres long and 2.5 metres high to volume 1. If it is an outdoor pool, you will need to prefer the IPX5 luminaires (i.e. IP equal to or greater than 65). If it is an indoor pool, IPX2 is sufficient, unless the luminaire is likely to be reached by a water jet. In this case, you will need to opt for IPX5 lighting as well. 的For simplicity and to avoid the maximum risks, we recommend that you choose an IPX5 index for this volume, i.e. an IP65. As regards power supply, the very low voltage current is highly recommended, as is the case for volumes 0 and 1. Christophe Coelho
You can also choose luminaires with reinforced insulation and protected by a differential circuit breaker 30mA.
Attention, no matter the volume, the safety transformer must always be installed outside the latter, and placed inside a enclosure or a hatch with a secure closure. Low voltage lighting imposes high level safety. Therefore Lumihome develops specific connectors that ensure perfect sealing. Also know that the 12V pool lighting range allows to illuminate basin approaches in a quick and easy way. The connectors connect thanks to the ingenious Easy Fix screw-drive system, without any tools, and ensure perfect sealing of the entire installation.
You will have noticed that the installation of a lighting system for swimming pools does not make it easy. Even if it is not necessarily necessary to call on a professional to carry it out, it still requires taking into account many criteria, such as compliance with the safety standards in force. However, these strict rules must not make you abandon the introduction of this lighting solution which, once installed, will only bring you benefits.
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