A table lamp – an integral attribute of the office, bedroom, or the school corner of the child. To choose the right table lamp, decide what function it should perform: additional backlight, be as the main source of light in the office or school corner of the child, or can simply decorate the interior of your apartment. In any case, the table lamp should effectively perform its functions and most importantly, not to negatively affect the vision of an adult or child.
How to choose a table lamp
First of all, pay attention to the light source used in a table lamp. To date, the fluorescent lamps displace ordinary incandescent lamps. Their advantages are small in electricity consumption and lower incandescent temperature. Luminescent lamps are better to choose “soft”, yellow light, they are most close to sunny. Such lamps cost a little more expensive lamps with “cold”, white light. But for schoolchildren it is better to install a regular incandescent bulb with a matte coating. The fact is that fluorescent lamps may contain mercury or its compounds, breaking such a light bulb, the health of others will be at great risk. Ophthalmologists recommends installing light bulbs with a 60th. Therefore, when buying a desk lamp, specify what power it is designed for. If these are lamps designed for 60 watts, then they will not be able to use a lamp with a capacity of 100 watts, otherwise the structural elements will begin to melt. The way out of this situation will be the acquisition of a smooth power regulator (it will select optimal lighting)
How to choose a table lamp
The next important point when choosing a desktop lamp is the shape of the ceiling (design). Lamps can be in the form of a ball, prisms, cones or other bizarre design forms. For the vision of a person, and especially young children, a lamp with a prism form, that is, wide at the edges and more narrow at the bottom, at the base, will be the best choice. But no matter what form you choose a ceiling, it is very important that it completely hides the light bulb. Otherwise, the light will blind eyes, and this is very harmful to health.
The color of the ceiling is also important for vision, it will be perfect green, it calms and relaxes the muscles of the eyes, helping them relax. But bright colors: red, orange, pink for children is better not to buy, they will distract their attention, and their eyes will begin to get tired faster. An important moment is always installed on the left side (if you or your child is left-handed, then with your right).
The material from which the lamp is made is also important. Usually, plafones are made of plastic or metal. Both of them and the other have disadvantages: the metallic ones heat up quickly and strongly, you can burn about them, and plastic ones can begin to melt with long heating of the lamp. This poses a threat to fire and fire. To avoid this, make sure that the bulb in the plastic plafon is small and is at a safe distance from the walls of the lamp.
How to choose a table lamp
The size of the lamp and its design is also an important factor when choosing a lamp. A good lamp should direct the light in different directions. Lamps with a pantographic structure do this role perfectly. Such lamps have a screw clamp that allows you to fix the lamp on any surfaces and turn the light source in different planes.
If you want to buy a table lamp for reading, then you need a bedside lamp. Its task is to give weak and relaxing light, but to illuminate the space in which the book is located. Such lamps should have a dense or matte ceiling that weakly passes light. At the same time, the lamp should not be very high so that the diameter of direct lighting is minimal, but at the same time sufficient for reading.
The task of decorative decoration of your interior will cope with original and exotic desktop lamps: in the form of magic plasma balls, trees, flowers, translucent vases and other intricate shapes and colors.
And the latter, buy table lamps only in specialized stores, where you will receive complete information about the product, as well as a warranty ticket.
