Planning recessed spotlights for hallway and wardrobe - tips

It's not just about the lighting but also the brightness. Three spotlights tend to produce more light than just two, and if that's distributed over the same area, it will simply be brighter.

As I said: I think that three spotlights whose light cones barely or do not touch each other on the ground can also look very interesting, and with that you would approximately illuminate the core area of the porch roof. With fewer lights, it will become more diffuse and less distinctive. It depends on what you want.

There are calculators on the internet that can calculate the size of the light cone on the ground depending on the height (in case you can't figure it out in your head). You can play around a bit there and see if/which spotlights are available for the calculated values.

PS: Besides, this would really be an application case for spots in the actual (and not as often incorrectly used here) sense.

Thank you. Are there any recommended manufacturers for floodlights?

But too bright is not nice either. If you are flooded with light in the morning, then you can't see all day. Yes, it is exaggerated, but you don't need glaring brightness there either - one is enough.

You can't really say that in general either, as it depends on the performance of the reflectors. Just as an example: We have a canopy at about 3 m height, approximately 2.4 m wide and about 1.2 m deep. It is bounded on the right and left by the recessed house wall and illuminated by a total of four 6-W LEDs (two up-down lights) at about 1.8 m height with a total of about 1600 lumens. Even if I go outside in the dead of night and turn on the light, I am light years (haha) away from "dazzling brightness." The area is reasonably illuminated, but I estimate that a maximum of 100 lux reaches the ground, probably less.

What is your good advice for me? I am totally overwhelmed. A spotlight costs me 130 euros without the lamp. Quite expensive. But since I will not have spotlights in the house, I don't want to be stingy. It should not be overly bright and look good. I thought 3 was a good idea to be on the safe side. However, I don't know anything about recessed spotlights at all.

A spotlight (which one?) or a recessed housing including wiring? How large is the recessed housing used?