With
the fast development of the LED technology, led strip distributor, ribbons or tapes
have become one of the most popular LED products available on the market. They
did not only replace incandescent ribbons, but some of the fluorescent tubes as
well, and definitely gave endless options for advertisements and decoration of
bars, hotels, and other public places.they are now available in very bright
versions too, allowing users to apply it as task, or in rare cases, even as a
main source of lighting. Their application is popular both in home and
commercial use, therefore we collected the main characteristics of strip lights
consumers need to consider if they want to make the right choice.
Depending
on our purposes the following features may help us decide what we have to
apply.
Of
all the determining factors mentioned above, the most important is probably the
type and size of the LED included, both of which determine its brightness or
performance. This difference has already been discussed in one of our previous
articles on ArticleBase.com: how the performance of different LED technologies
(low power, SMD power and high power) ranges, as well as the size of the
diodes. Obviously, the more recent the technology of the LED is, and the bigger
its size is, the brighter it will be.
Another
determining factor of the performance is of course the number of LEDs in the
strip within a metre for instance. The higher this number is, the brighter the
strip is, though extremely high numbers within a metre often require special
technologies, like double width strips - where the LED are placed not just one
after the other but in two or three rows next to each other. With strips
including a high number of LED always check their arrangement, because LEDs
placed too close to each other may emit too much heat and radically shorten the
lifespan of the strip.
The
colour range of the LED is now endless, since any colour can be created with
RGB technique. There are generally two or three shades of white available:
bright or cold white - the bluish, really bright version of white, the warm
white - which is rather yellowish like the sun, and the natural white - which
is a combination of the two in various degrees. The temperature of the white
colour is measured in Kelvin, and the higher colour temperatures (from about
5000 K) are the cold, or bluish whites and the lower ones (2700 - 3000 K) are
the warmer white colours.
Single
colour LEDs are available in almost all colours now, but the RGB LED strips can
also emit a large variety of colours. RGB strips need a controller to operate,
and decide whether the colour of the strip should be one constant colour, or should
change along with setting the pace of change. Special pixel RGB strips are able
to change the colour in a row, creating a run-down effect. The variety of
colour changes of the RGB strip largely depends on the knowledge of the
controller too.
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