Illuminated shower - exotic in the bathroom

Manufacturers of bathroom equipment are constantly trying to stand out from the competition. The introduction of LED technologies in everyday life allowed the shower head to be equipped with an economical, but powerful enough light. At first, a shower with backlit water looked like a real wonder, but every year the number of people making a choice in favor of a backlit shower becomes more and more.

The reasons for the popularity of LED-backlight

Illuminated shower head is far from the only use of LED technology. Similar nozzles are available for ordinary kitchen faucets, in addition, removable nozzles can be used, which can be installed on a typical faucet in the kitchen or bathroom.

When this technology was just developing, most often one color was used, but now nozzles have become popular, in which a small thermal sensor is built in that changes the color of the lamps depending on the water temperature. Usually up to 30? C works green light, 30-35? C - switches to blue, up to 45? C - red, above 45? C - depending on the manufacturer, the multicolor backlight turns on, or the red color starts to flicker.

In the case of a shower, much depends on its size; both single-color and multi-color lights can be used. Separately, it is worthwhile to dwell on the pricing issue - for example, the price of a simple watering can with multi-colored illumination does not reach 1000 rubles (about 700-800), but a massive tropical shower can do with a purchase and several tens of thousands of rubles. So everyone will find an option to their liking.

It is clear that the presence of lamps does not affect the functionality of the soul.

Therefore, the advantages of a shower with illumination compared with the usual are mainly in appearance, as well as the arguments for the installation of such plumbing can be considered:

• low cost (unless, of course, we are not talking about a tropical soul);
• ease of installation, everything can be done by hand;
• spectacular appearance;
• the fact that such attachments do not require an external power source, that is, it will not be necessary to bother with replacing batteries or connecting to the network;
• by color you can see the temperature of the water;
• even in the absence of electricity, you can get water or go into the shower without bumping into objects, the light from the nozzle is enough.

Quite often, people unfamiliar with the principle of the backlight in the shower, think that the power source is a regular battery, but in fact it is not. Manufacturers have taken into account the feature of the location of the backlight and made it completely autonomous.

That is, any tropical shower with backlight is equipped with a small rotor that rotates under the action of water flow, the generated energy goes to power the LEDs - the same principle of operation as in hydroelectric power plants, where the river rotates a massive turbine.

Note! The design is designed in such a way that the defeat of a person by electric current is almost impossible. In addition, for the operation of power LEDs you need a lot less than for ordinary incandescent lamps.

Classification and installation of the shower with light

At first glance, the shower seems to be an extremely simple device, but even here there are a lot of interesting options for its execution, it can be both manual and built into the ceiling, its dimensions can also vary greatly.

Types of shower

There are such types of soul as:

• manual - can be considered the most popular option. In the usual position, the hose can simply hide under the bathroom itself, and if necessary, a person can adjust the height and angle of the water flow. If desired, the illuminated shower head can be installed instead of the usual one;

Note! Since the hose will constantly be in contact with the bathroom, it will quickly wear out. You can not avoid it, just need to be ready to replace it at any time.

• wall - in this case, the watering can is mounted on the wall and its height is not adjustable. Quite often, a hand-held and wall-mounted shower is combined; as a result, each family member can take that shower that he likes;

Note! You can organize such a shower on a telescopic stand. This will allow you to adjust the height.

• also a shower can be mounted in the ceiling - The effect is simply amazing, but the installation process is significantly complicated. All pipes are camouflaged in the wall, so eliminating even minor damage is a rather difficult task.

The overhead shower with lighting can be called “tropical”. This is due to the fact that when a jet of water falling from a greater height breaks up into separate drops, as a result, a person gets the feeling that he is under tropical rain. And the backlight only enhances the feeling that the shower found him in the jungle, the sensations are completely unforgettable, they cannot be compared with an ordinary shower.

The overhead shower is different in size. Quite often, the watering can looks like a square or a rectangle about 50x50 cm in size, the flow of water near the floor practically does not expand, so you don’t need to worry that the whole room will be flooded with water.

Selection and installation of illuminated watering can

As such, it makes no sense to describe this process, the whole instruction is that a purchased watering can with a built-in LEDs is simply wound on the hose. As for the wall-mounted shower, installing them is much more complicated, usually this design looks like a massive flat watering can with 1 or 2 fixings, in them the eyeliner of water also hides, and the leg is fastened to the wall with the help of self-tapping screws.

When choosing, you need to think about the color of the backlight, it is better to purchase an option with the ability to switch several colors, all of a sudden someone from the home will not like blue or red. Also, attention should be paid to the type of lighting - the lamps can be located around the perimeter of the watering can or directly in it.

Note! You should not strive for cheapness, at the checked producers the electric part is reliably isolated from water, and at cheap analogs there is no guarantee.

It is also important what type of divider has a backlit shower head. For example, the use of rubber nozzles allows you to get rid of the danger of contamination with lime deposits. But you can choose the options and with the usual metal plate with holes in them.

In conclusion

A shower with light from a simple body wash turns into a real relaxation session. And let the practical benefits of adding LED-backlight is not so much, but the aesthetic effect is worth it. Moreover, the cost of such a soul is not so great.

The video in this article shows an example of the work of the soul with built-in lights.