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Useful information about cable systems
Cable systems are used in high rooms for lighting. This is when the lighting should not be suspended directly at the ceiling, but by means of a cable holder at the bottom of the user. Sometimes cable holders are attached to luminaires as design elements for smaller rooms and under slopes. We was able to
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What was cable system?
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What lighting cable systems are available?
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You should pay attention to this when purchasing cable systems for lighting
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To install the cable system
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Questions and answers
What was cable system?
Cable systems enable individual lighting. Especially in large rooms they are well appreciated. Ropes-mounted lights can be mounted anywhere in the room and can also provide ideal lighting conditions over corners and slopes.
Cable systems can be installed straight, angled or even angled on ceilings and walls and can thus perfectly adapt to the conditions of each room.
The components of a cable system include, in addition to the support cables and rails, always two electrical conductors (often copper cables) and the lights attached to them. In addition, the lamps in the cable system usually require a transformer or a power supply, since they are often designed for the low-voltage range and not for the full mains voltage of 230 V. Accordingly, a distinction is made between high-voltage and low-voltage cable systems for lighting.
Practical knowledge: Use of high-voltage cable systems
High-voltage lighting cable systems are only used when no direct contact can take place. This is the case, for example, in large event halls and stage technology, where special lamps with 230 V mains voltage float high above the heads of the audience.
What lighting cable systems are available?
In our shop, individual rope lights, mounting rails for lighting systems and other cable system components for existing systems as well as complete sets are available in different designs.
Wire System Spotlight Kits
Complete cable systems consist of lamps and ropes as a holder. They are delivered ready for installation. Complete systems are available in different designs with partly dimm, rotating or swiveling lamps. Complete cable control systems are the best choice if you are looking for an uncomplicated solution and do not want to spend any time searching for suitable cable system components.
Wire System Spotlights
In our shop LED and halogen lamps as well as lamps with different pin base sizes for high voltage and low voltage cable systems are available – ideal for expanding existing cable systems or replacing defective cable lamps.
Info: The lamps are the lamp holders, the bulbs usually have to be ordered separately. You can find different bulbs such as LEDs and halogen lamps here.
Lighting Systems
The light systems are mounting rails, partly with pre-installed light channels. Together with rope lights, lamps and other cable system components, the lighting systems form an individual complete cable system.
Wire System Components
Cable system components are the basis for an individual lighting concept. These include cables, cable clamps, tensioning cables and clamping, mounting sets as well as suitable transformers, cables, wall mounts or supply lines. With us you can order all the important components required for the assembly of cable systems easily online.
Note: When selecting cable components, make sure that you are designed for a low-voltage or high-voltage cable system.
You should pay attention to this when purchasing cable systems for lighting
This section explains important selection criteria for the individual components of a lighting cable system.
The rope construction
When selecting suitable ropes, pay attention to the length, diameter and available mounting brackets. The length of the rope determines which design options you can implement with it:
- Simple ropes are available as piece goods on rolls.
- Cutting cables with integrated electrical conductors requires electrical expertise.
The diameter of the rope is relevant so that you can line up your selected lamps on it. Furthermore, so that the rope fits to supports such as pulleys or eyelets.
In addition to the cables, support rails are often used as suspension for lamps. Mounting the lamps on a cable-mounted rail allows a straight horizontal alignment, even if the ceilings and walls are sloped.
Tip: Some cables have pre-installed light channels. This saves you the need for additional cables to power the lamps.
The anchorage
The ropes can be anchored to walls or ceilings by means of various mounting options. As a rule, cable systems are surface-mounted installations. This means that the anchorages are fixed with drill holes, but are not completely embedded in the walls.
Note: When selecting the cable system and a suitable mounting location, pay attention to the weight of the lighting unit. This tensile force must withstand the anchoring. The tensile force at individual points can be reduced by the use of several ropes or by deflection rollers. However, porous walls are not suitable for the assembly of cable systems.
The electrical wires
Practical knowledge: Cable lamps are usually mounted on two cables that are tensioned in parallel. The purpose of this is that they hang straight and do not oscillate, and the double guide facilitates the laying of incoming and outgoing cables for the power supply.
There are high-voltage and low-voltage systems for cable lamps. Most lamps and illuminants are designed for 12 V low voltage and must be connected accordingly via transformers and power supplies. Such transformers and power supplies are available as accessories for interior lighting in our shop.
Tip: Prefabricated luminaires in complete cable systems usually have the transformer for low voltage integrated ex works. Then there is 230 V operating voltage in the technical data, but the low watt data for the power of the illuminant shows that a series resistor has been installed.
Lamps and bulbs
The lamps and lamps of the rope lamps have different designs and types to choose from.
An important distinction is that between lamps with permanently installed illuminants, which are frequently found in the LED range and lamps with sockets, which permit the replacement of individual illuminants.
Practical tip: In the event of a defect in a bulb, the entire lamp, i.e. the one spotlight in the cable system, must be replaced for permanently installed bulbs, often LEDs. It is easier to change bulbs if each bulb holder can be fitted individually. Rope lights (lamps) differ:
- Basically in LED or halogen lamps with corresponding bulbs
- For the versions which are not always present
- At the operating voltage
- The special functions include dimmable, rotating or swiveling lamps
The selection of bulbs for lamps with sockets is also basically divided into halogen and LED bulbs. In addition to the appropriate socket for the lamp holder, the following factors play a role in the selection of bulbs:
- The light color
- The luminosity
- Power
- Dimming and other control options.
With freely selectable bulbs, there are LED ranges that allow color changes and are conveniently controlled via a remote control.
To install the cable system
In addition to the right tools and an idea of electrical systems, cable system components such as diverters, cable clamps, and wall/ceiling brackets as well as light channels and electrical cables with suitable electronic parameters are required for the installation of lighting systems with cable holders.
Tip: Use holding bars for angled rope runs. If you use diverters, the cable routing is based on the distance between the diverters from the ceiling.
To install a complete pre-fabricated cable system:
- Start mounting your cable system by first defining the planned course of the system and marking the attachment points of the cable on the wall.
- Then anchor the cable eyes to the wall with dowels.
- Now suspend the pre-assembled rope with a rope tensioner installed on one side and tension it.
- By tightening the turning tips of the connection clamps on the rope, you establish a current connection to the transformer. her
Questions and answers
What was a low-voltage cable system?
Low-voltage cable systems are classified as 12 V operating voltage lighting variants. These do not require any special touch protection and no large power supply, but a transformer to convert the usual 230 V mains voltage to 12 V operating voltage. In contrast, high-voltage cable systems are operated directly from the mains supply with 230 volt voltage.
When should LED lights be used and where do halogen bulbs look better?
This depends entirely on your own taste and wishes. While halogen lights shine with brilliant light, LED lights provide for enthusiasm in economy flocks. The advantage of halogen lamps is not only their excellent light quality, but also the very good color reproduction. Therefore, halogen lamps may be better suited in galleries, exhibition rooms or for artistic lighting. In households or large rooms that are lit for a long time, the long-lasting and extremely energy-efficient LED lamps save a lot of energy and money.