During the renovation, you will usually see the LED light strip in the decoration list, but most owners don’t know what it is. In fact, this is normal. First, there is not much contact, and second, because the light strip is hidden. We only see its light, but we can't see it. In fact, this is the highest state of the lamp - "see the light can not see the light."
Based on my 4 years of experience and understanding of the end user, the author made this article "Selection Tips and Installation Diagram of LED Light Strips"
As shown in the figure, the red arrow points to the place where the LED light is hidden. The warm white light is the one that it sends out. This is "Seeing the light without seeing the light"! The light strips are usually installed in the dark trough, which can make the space highlight the layering and increase the mood!
LED lights, many people are relatively strange, for its purchase is much less known, the author integrated the previous customer service experience, summed up some LED lights with knowledge, as a reference for your purchase!
(1) About LED light strips
As shown in the figure below, this is the true face of the LED light strip, just like the tape, plus the LED light source (about the LED light source, no longer repeat, the last one has talked about), as the name suggests, called the LED light strip, Directly connected to the 220V mains can be lit, fixed with a fixed card, it is not difficult to use.
LED light strip
LED light strips have been born in recent years with the development of LED technology. In the absence of LED strips, T4 and T5 tubes are used for backlighting, but the minimum size of T4 and T5 tubes is 0.3 meters. This means that if there is less than 0.3 meters, it will leave a dark area, and the LED light strips, evenly emit light, and can be cut according to the actual length, very convenient, plus red, green, blue, yellow, white, warm white Waiting for so many light colors to choose from, even the colorful changes, now basically rarely use T4, T5 tube, and changed to LED lights! ! !
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(2), the color of the LED light strip
The color of the LED light strip is actually the color of the LED light. As mentioned above, LED lights have monochromatic lights such as red, yellow, blue, green, white, and warm white, and there are also colorful changes. In general, most of the home uses warm white light, because it can create a very warm atmosphere.
Red and blue
Green and orange
Warm white and white
(3) Common types
Currently used LED light strip types are 3528 and 5050 light strips (3528 refers to the size of the LED light source, length 32mm width 28mm, 5050 refers to the LED light source length and width are 50mm), the difference between the two is the size Different, on the other hand, there are 3 LED chips in the 5050 lamp bead, and there is only one LED chip in the 3528. Therefore, under the same number of lamp beads, the brightness of the 5050 LED lamp is 3 times that of the 3528 LED strip, and the power is also 3 Times, the price is also more expensive than it.
Regarding power consumption, this involves the issue of electricity bills, and many users are very concerned about this issue. The rated power of the 3528 lamp bead is 0.06W (0.02A*3V=0.06W), while the rated power of the 5050 is 0.18W (0.02A*3V*3=0.18W), because the circuit will be protected with a protective resistor. Down, press 60 lights / m, one meter 3528 lamp belt power consumption is about 4W, one meter 5050 lamp belt is about 12W, if installed tens of meters, the power consumption gap is still very large. However, the light strip is mainly used to brighten the light trough, and the decorative features are mostly. Therefore, taking into account the power consumption, price and other factors, the LED light strip of 3,528 lamps per meter is the most used.
(4) Structure, installation and installation matters
1. The structure of the led strip includes lamp beads, circuit boards, wires, glue, resistors and related accessories.
2, LED lights are generally 100 meters a roll, when purchasing according to the length of their needs, how much to order, these should tell the seller in advance, generally will help you cut off. Use a few paragraphs at home, each with a connector, plug directly into the socket. If you want to cut it yourself, you need to pay attention to it. The light strip will usually be marked with a special scissors mouth. Cut it in the scissors and connect it, you can use it. Remember: be sure to follow the instructions to cut, otherwise it will cause no light!
3, the lamp belt is equipped with accessories, the accessories generally have a plug (that is, the power supply), a pin (for connection), a fixed card (a plastic clip for fixing the lamp strip), and a tail plug (a plastic sleeve with a protective lamp and a tail), These accessories will generally have a delivery, but you need to negotiate with the merchant first, and don't have time.
(5) Actual installation
According to the actual length of the lamp socket at home, it is cut, assembled, tested, and then installed, fixed with the lamp clip, and finally connected to the power supply, the light strip will light up. If you don't want to install it yourself, you can hand it over to the decorator to buy it, a piece of cake!
(vi), on quality and safety
LED lamp strips are generally high voltage 220V, so they are wrapped with a thick layer of flame retardant glue. Wires, circuit boards, etc. are generally made of copper. LED lamp beads determine the life of the lamp strip. For the safety of electricity. Must not be cheap because of the price, the quality of the second, greedy for a short time, may be in exchange for security risks! ! ! Of course, it does not rule out that you can find good quality and cheap price, but this opportunity is not falling out of nowhere!
