Different waterscape bottom materials, what kind of lighting design should be considered

February 03, 2021

Whether it is garden design or interior design, water features can be regarded as an important design element. Reasonable and beautiful lighting, in the night, undoubtedly add a bit of water to the water, as if to give the beauty a scarf.

In the "暮江吟", Bai Juyi also used "a piece of water to bury the water, half of the river and half of the river" to describe the impact of light on the waterscape.

Design water features, first you have to have a pool. The pool is dug, we have to consider the bottom material. We classify the materials at the bottom of the pool into two categories: hard masonry and artificial treatment types.


The material type is different, and the method at the bottom of the pool is slightly different. In a word: hard bottom, soft bottom.


Hard masonry


Quality masonry, common hard materials such as hard cement, building patterns, cobblestone paving. Therefore, we can consider the lighting design of hard masonry according to the following three criteria.

First, whether it is beautiful as a bottom of the pool;

The second is whether the water body is clear enough to see the pattern at the bottom of the pool.

The third is that the light emphasizes whether the water side can be presented on the better side.


Soft mud bottom (artificial treatment)


Compared with the bottom of the hard masonry, the pool water at the bottom of the soft mud pool is slightly turbid and cannot be cleaned. Therefore, the lighting of the bottom of the soft mud pond should take into account the fit of the water body to the surrounding natural environment.

Picture: Light does not directly illuminate the bottom of the pool, but grazes almost under the surface of the water. The floating particles in the water can diffuse the unique texture produced by the blending of water and light, reminiscent of the evening or sunrise.

The lighting methods at the bottom of the two types of waterscapes are almost the same. The bottom of the hard pool is focused on the bottom mechanism, while the bottom of the soft mud bottom (the bottom of the artificial treatment tank) is to highlight the water and other lands in the pool.

When implementing these two types of lighting techniques, there are six things to be aware of during the design and installation process:
1. The installation height of the luminaire should be close to the bottom of the pool (the bottom of the hard pool), and the upper edge of the luminaire should be cut at the lowest possible water level line, so that the light grazes almost under the surface of the water (the bottom of the artificial treatment tank);

2. The lamp chooses narrow light distribution;

3. Select the appropriate luminaire flux according to the required brightness;

4. The protection level of the luminaire needs to be IP68;

5. The color temperature is selected according to the environmental conditions, and it is recommended to choose between 3000K~4000K;

6. Luminaires installed under water should be powered by safe extra low voltage, the voltage value should not be greater than 12V, and the ripple-free DC voltage value should be no more than 30V. Choice of halogen tungsten light source or LED light source products.

Figure: Schematic diagram of hard bottom installation

Figure: Schematic diagram of the installation of the artificial processing pool

Two types of lighting methods can be applied to the type of lighting



Embedded

Surface mount

When selecting a luminaire, you must pay attention to whether the wire connection inside the luminaire is waterproof, so that the electric shock caused by the water entering the luminaire can still be cut off when the wire is broken. The gasket between the glass and the lamp body must be an ageing resistant silicone material. LED electronic screens also need to be protected with conformal coatings. LED products also require water to help cool down, otherwise LED products can easily damage the lighting unit at high temperatures.

Flexible connections are required for the embedded housing to the outside of the pool, and the wires and piping connections must be waterproof. If there is no waterproof connection between the wire and the pipeline, even if the pipeline is above the water pipe, it may cause siphoning.

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