Which LED ribbon to choose?

Which LED ribbon to choose?

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More and more popular in interior design, LED ribbons to offer an infinity of possibilities for ever more creative lighting.
Always at the forefront of innovation, Now you have the choice between 3528 standards LED ribbons, 5050 high-brightness LED ribbons and 3014 or 5630 ultra-high-brightness LED ribbons.
To help you choose your LED ribbon from the following criteria: color, waterproof, and length, I invite you to read the article “How to choose a flexible LED strip? ".

Which LED strip is suitable for which use?

This LED strip is the most classic and the cheapest. With a length of 5 meters and a sticker, its installation is easy because it is scored with scissors every 5 centimeters.
Consisting of 60 LEDs per meter emitting 300 lumens on a 120 ° diffusion angle, its luminous intensity is not suitable for the general illumination of a room. Its use is rather reserved for decorative lighting, to emphasize your false ceilings for example or enhance the lighting of the kitchen.

Kitchen - Contemporary style

The 3528 standards LED ribbons are available in monochrome version: the 3 shades of white (warm white, warm white light or white color of the day, in yellow, red green or blue and for more fancy you also have the RGB ribbons or to color change that allows to change color with a remote control .
Its light power makes it ideal for lighting the kitchen worktop, for example, to delimit spaces or even serve as a main source of lighting for a small room.

Living room - Contemporary style

The latest in the family of LED strings, LED ribbon Ultra High Brightness 3014 offers the highest light intensity.
Available only in monochrome for the moment, its power allows us to use it in general lighting of a large room. Even in indirect lighting, it makes it possible to read or to perform an activity requiring to see it without a problem.

LED ribbon: comparative light rendering

Knowing the lumens emitted by each type of LED ribbon makes it possible to compare them. You now know that the light intensity is different depending on the type of ribbon and can be summarized as follows

Think of the transformer!

You may not know it, but the 3 types of LED ribbons presented here operate at low voltage 12 or 24 volts. Therefore, it is necessary to install a suitable transformer at the same time as your LED strip.



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