LED Lighting

Both LED flood light and LED spotlight are widely use for illumination and decoration purpose. Some people can not tell one from the other clearly. Today I'm going to show you the difference between led flood light and led spotlight. LED Spotlight and Applications LED spot light, also led spotlight, is mainly used for architectural lighting, as well as commercial lighting purpose. It plays a big role in lighting decoration. There're different shapes of spot lights, round, square, etc.. Due to the thermal factor in design, the shape of LED spotlight differs from that of traditional one. Home LED Recessed Spotlight LED spotlights are mainly used for decoration, commercial lighting, and architectural lighting. They're excellent in lighting decoration. The lights can achieve many lighting effects, like gradual changing, transition, color flashing, random flashing, alternating gradient and chasing, etc.. LED spot lights can be used either independently or with oth...

If you're going to purchase LED flood lights , you may need to know how to choose and buy them. Here we'll show you the following aspects that you should consider before carry out a big purchase. 1. Prices of LED flood lights are different due to the brightness. The LED used for LED lamps should comply with the standard of Laser Class Class I. 2. Antistatic. Flood lights with good antistatic have longer service life; therefore they enjoy a higher price. Usually, the antistatic factor of LED should be over 700V. 3. LEDs with the same wavelength and color cost more money. It is difficult for manufacturers to produce LED floodlights with pure colors if they have no spectral separation devices. 4. LED flood light is one-way conductive light. If there is a reverse current, the situation would be called leakage. Leakage current leads to short service life and low price. 5. The LED cost defers from one another due to different illumination angles. LED flood lights wi...

Today I'll show you what's LED flood light . LED flood light is a type of lighting product with point source illumination which can light in all directions. Its lighting range can be adjusted upon requests. LED flood lights are most common lighting source applied in lighting effect drawing design. Standard floodlights are used to illuminate the entire scene. There could be many LED flood lights in application in order to achieve a nice lighting effect. Application of LED Flood Light LED flood light is a good choice for lighting and decoration of construction sites, squares, parks, arts venues, factory buildings, stadiums, golf courses, shops, hotels, subway stations, gas stations, buildings, sculptures, and other indoor and outdoor applications. Features of LED Flood Light The temperature of LED floodlights is not obvious when they work with low current. If the temperature is high, the brightness of floodlights will decline, and the light uniformity and cons...

You may find led spotlight everywhere, at home, in office, at outdoor landscape, in museum, at stage, and other outdoor or indoor applications. Why LED spot light is so popular? Now I'll show you the reason: features and advantages of led spotlight . Features of LED Spotlight LED spotlight is usually used for a make lighting effects for certain purpose. You'll find led spot lights with many colors in shops, including white. beige. gray. gold. silver. black and other colors. The shape could be long. circular. and other shapes with different sizes. LED spotlight is a good choice for residential and commercial lighting decoration for its small and fine shape. Generally, spotlights are used in group for decoration. You don't need to spend much time on light brightness because spot lights are classical decoration lighting goods for lighting effects. LED spotlights can be placed at the upper part of ceiling or furniture. or inside the wall. or at or around the wall ...

We've discussed the difference between downlights and spotlights the day before. Then what's LED spotlights ? Today I'm going to show you the answer. LED spotlights are spotlights which use light-emitting diodes as a light source. Traditional spotlights usually use more halogen lights, which have low luminous efficiency and short service life, consume more power, and causes high temperature to the exposure. LED spotlights are superior to traditional lighting products on many aspects, including light emitting principle, energy saving, and environment protection. Service Life of LED Spotlights The service life of LED spotlights is due to the LED and driver cooling section. In 2012, the service life of LED lighting reached more than 100,000 hours. With the continuous development of LED technology and its wide application the industry achieves an ideal state on drive and cooling section. Thus, high-quality LED spotlights' life can basically reach 10,000 to 50,...

Many people are confused with downlights and spotlights. They could not tell the difference between the two types of lights, let alone the lights' application and lighting effect. Downlight VS Spotlight Simply speaking, downlights, used for general or auxiliary lighting, have more concentrated lighting source than ordinary ones. Spotlights can emit a highly-converged spot light. It is used for special illumination, such as highlight a place or object with bright spot light. We'll distinguish the two types of lights from the following aspects. 1. Lighting. Downlights can be installed with incandescent bulbs or energy-saving lamps. If you use incandescent bulb, the light would be yellow; while if you use energy-saving light bulb, the light would be white or yellow. The lighting direction f ceiling downlights could not be adjusted. But the direction of the spotlights can be adjusted freely. A quartz bulb or lamp beads are usually used for household spotlights. Howe...

If you ask home designers what kinds of light should be used for home decoration, they probably would recommend LED down light . Because it is a popular choice for residential and commercial decoration. But Why? Let me show you the reasons: features & advantages of LED down light . LED Down Light Features As we mentioned in " What's LED Downlight ", the design of LED down light is more beautiful and lighter. which promises a perfect installation with the architecture. It's hidden inside architectural without exposing the lighting source. The light is soft without glaring. Besides. LED down lights also have the following features. 1. Energy-saving: The power consumption of LED down light is 25% of that of ordinary energy-saving lamps. 2. Environmental-friendly: There is no mercury and other harmful substances that may cause environmental pollution. 3. Economic: LED downlight saves more energy and the cost on electricity is reduced. Money saved from ene...

If you're going to decorate your home, office or shop, LED downlights should be in your shopping list for lighting decoration. Then what's LED downlight ? LED downlight , developed from traditional down light, is an improvement product applied with the latest LED lighting source. Compared with traditional downlight, LED downlight has the following advantages, including energy saving, low-carbon, long life , good light color, fast response. The design of LED down light is more beautiful and lighter, which promises a perfect installation with the architecture. It's hidden inside architectural without exposing the lighting source. The light is soft without glaring. LED Downlight is a lighting fixture embedded into the ceiling. It emit light in a certain direction. Only the vertical direction can be lighted by the down light. The lighting beam is more concentrated than other lights. It can highlight the objects under its light, and create a special lighting environm...

If you have no idea on how to choose and buy LED strip lights , you should check the following buying guide information. Before you make a decision, you'd better think more. 1. Chips Chips of LED strip lights include domestic ones, Taiwan-made chips, as well as imported chips(including chips from U.S., Japan, Germany, etc.). Different chips are labeled with different prices. The most expensive chips come from U.S., which is followed by Japan's and Germany's. Taiwan-made chips are affordable for many manufacturers. 2. Sealing There're 2 types of sealing, resin sealing and silicone sealing. The resin one is cheaper, but the thermal performance is a bit weak. The silicone one has good thermal performance while the price is more expensive. 3. LED Color Consistency Though currently there are a lot of packaging factory, but most of small packaging plants have no color separation machine. Thus it is difficult to control the quality. Without spectral separation o...

Today we'll answer the frequently asked question. " why LED strip light won't light up ". If you find your flexible LED strip light won't light up or power up, you may check the following troubleshooting information for help. 1. The lamp beads of led strip light must be broken or damaged during transportation if the light is not covered with full protection. 2. There must be a faulty at the light's soldering points. The soldering may come off if there is any shock during transportation. 3. Soldering with poor quality may cause embrittlement or shedding when the strip light is bent for use. 4. Cheat on tin soldering materials can also cause the same problem as the 2 point we just mentioned. 5. LED lights with flexible installation bending angle is too large, resulting in LED lights with flexible joints and lead to bright copper separation 6. A excessive bending may result in the disconnection between the joints and copper foil. 7. Thick sol...

Many people have the problem with the strip light installation. Here, we'll show you how to install LED strip lights . Guidance on Indoor Installation It's very easy to install LED strip lights for indoor decoration. There is a type of LED strip at the back of which there's self-adhesive double-sided tapes. You can install the lights at any place you need by tearing off the double-sided tapes at the back and press it for fixation. What if there is a corner or the strip light is longer than needed?  It's a good question. Before we answer the question, you should be clear that every 3 LED of LED strip light is connected in series-parallel way. Thus you can cut the strip light at the place of every 3 LED. Guidance on Outdoor Installation As to outdoor installation, led strips with double-sided tape at back are not practical for use. If you use this type of strip light for outdoor application, the light will easily fall off for the adhesion would decrease due to...

As we mentioned in " What's LED strip ", LED strip can be generally classified into two main types, flexible LED strips and LED light bar. Today, we're going to tell the difference between flexible LED strip and LED light bar . Flexible LED strip is made ​​of FPC circuit board assembled with SMD LED. The thickness of the strip light is only that of a coin, which make it save more space. The most common specifications include, 30cm with 18 LEDs or 24 pcs of LEDs, and 50cm with 15 LEDs, or 24 LEDs, or 30 LEDs and so on. Of course there are also strips in 60cm, or 80cm. Stip lights of different specifications are used for many different applications. People can cut or prolong flex LED strip for its own use; however, the luminescence would not be affected. The LED strips with  FPC(soft material), can be bent, folded , winded, or stretched in three-dimensional space without breaking. Flexible led strip is suitable for irregular use or cramped places. It's also...

Today we're going to talk about LED strip. What's LED strip ? LED strip refers to the strip of LEDs assembled on FPC (flexible printed circuit board) or PCB hard board. The name comes from the product shape. It becomes more and more popular in decoration lighting industry because of long life, normally 80,000 to 100,000 hours, and eco-friendly. Strip lights is short for LED strip lights. Most buyers like to call strip lights instead of LED strip lights. The most common LED strips include flexible LED strips and LED light bars. Both flexible LED strips and LED light bars are widely used in home decoration, automotives, advertisement, lighting, marine, and other industries. Generally LED strip has the following features. 1. Hard. It can be curled like a walkie-talkie. 2. It can be cut and connected for a longer one. 3. The strip light bulbs are completely covered with a flexible plastic cover which is insulative, waterproof and safe. 4. It's weather-resis...

Now we're going to talk about the selection of LED strip lights for home decoration. You should pay attention to the following notes on how to select LED strip lights. Why LED strips are always recommended for home decoration? Because: 1. LED strip light is soft. It can curl like power wire. 2. It can be cut and connected. 3. The bulb and the circuit is completely encapsulated in a flexible plastic cover, which ensures a good insulation, waterproof, safe condition in use. 4. LED strips are weather resistance(-20-50 ℃). 5. It's not easy to break. Besides, it has a long life, up to 80,000 ~ 100,000 hours. 6. It's easy to make graphics, text and other shapes. 7. It has rich colors. The color effects include white, green, yellow, red, orange, warm white, red and blue, purple, or mixed colors. 8. Energy-saving and eco-friendly. Cold light, No radiation, no mercury elements, no harmful substances. 9. Easy installation. Widely used in home decoration, like ...

It's reported that a sample product from Philips LED cannot meet the standards according to the quality inspection of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine(AQSIQ) on January 23, 2014. The inspection report shows that 21 out 82 LED brand companies, and 22 out of 108 sample products are reported faulty; the rate reaches 20%. The LED lamp, which makes Philips LED listed in the report, is one reflective self-ballasted LED lamp(PAR38) marked with "PHILIPS" "11E27PAR38-C11W" produced on" 10 June 2013 " by " Philips Lighting Manufacturing ( Shenzhen ) Co. Ltd. ". It fails the inspection because of its interchangeability could not meet the national standard.The interchangeability we talk about here refers the lamp cap and holder does not comply with the standard size, which may cause security problems caused by poor contact between the cap and holder. LED bridge lighting Reporters also fou...

The main electronic components of LED lights are white LED and supporting LED drivers . Here is a brief overview of development of LED and LED driver . White LED is the most common in LED lighting and illumination. It has been over 12 years from the use of white LED to 2014. There are many improvements and changes of white LED on materials, structure, and processes. The performance enjoys a significant progress. The types increases while the price is declining. 4 years ago, white LED luminous efficiency is about 40 ~ 601m / W; 2 years ago, it increased to 80 ~ 100lm / W, while this year it reaches 1201m / W; some also over 1201m / W. At the very beginning, a Φ5, 0.06W white LED is about 2 to 3 yuan per each; and today, you can buy one 1 ~ 3W high-power white LED with the same money before. 3 years ago, a 3W white LED of the top foreign brand sells 30 yuan; but this year, it's down to 10 yuan only. The increase of LED lights production capacity promotes the development ...

Thought we talked about 4 main benefits and advantage of LED lighting before, it's indeed a fact that residential LED lighting products are less used and popular in many families nowadays. How could it be? Today we're going to tell the state and market of residential led lighting products . The difficulties why led lights are less popular for home use than other traditional lights include the following points. 1. The retail price is too high. It's too expensive to afford, not only for rural residents but even the city dwellers. The current price of LED lights, compared with incandescent lamps or other energy-saving lights, is the highest. We find a price table(Table 1) online. Table 1 Incandescent Bulb    15 ~ 40W    2 to 3 RMB Energy Saving Lamp   5 ~ 10W     7 to 18 RMB LED Bulb             3 ~ 5W      40 to 80 RMB Note: As there are differences among different brands and also the diffe...

Although LED lights have many advantages in many applications, it's still a little expensive for home use. Today, I'll going to tell you how to DIY LED home light . This DIY idea comes from a college student. I'll show you how he did it by himself. "I have many lamps installed on the ceiling at home. All of them are energy-saving fluorescent lamps. The problem is I have to buy new bulbs to replace them many times every year. I think it over and find that the investment on lighting is almost equal to the daily energy-saving. Besides, the discarded bulbs is a big pollution to the environment. So, I wanted to DIY a long-life LED lamps for home, which is energy-saving and money-saving." LED lighting for Residential Use How to DIY LED Home Light? "I have a rechargeable flashlight with bright light-emitting diode(LED) light source. It's been in use for more than two years. Although it dropped down to the ground for several times and the shell is...

LED lighting is more popular than ever before. It enjoys a great market and applications for its competitive benefits and advantages. Energy Efficient About 20% of the electrical energy consumed by traditional lighting and conventional light bulbs is converted to light, while a 80% is lost and converted into other forms of energy, like heat. However, LED lighting is very energy efficient and consumes up to 90% less power than traditional lightnings. Besides, LED's give off light in a specific direction, they are more efficient in application than incandescent and fluorescent bulbs, which waste energy by emitting light in all directions. Longer Life The life of an incandescent bulb is about 750 to 2,000 hours, 8,000 to 10,000 hours for a compact fluorescent, and 20,000 to 30,000 hours for a linear fluorescent bulb. However, LED's service life reaches from 35,000 to 50,000 hours. LED light will last over 7 years under constant use before needing replacement. Long lif...

LED lighting , the best energy efficient lighting with the latest technology, is a lamp or other light that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a source of illumination. LED stands for ‘Light Emitting Diode’, a semiconductor device that converts electricity into light. LEDs are electronic components that produce light by conversion of electrical energy directly to light by the movement of electrons within the material of the diode. They were invented in Russia in the 1920s and put into practical use in the United States in the 1960s by General Electric. In the late 1960s, Monsanto Corporation was the first to mass-produce LEDs, and Hewlett-Packard used them in its early calculators. LED lighting is different from the traditional lighting. These lighting products are super energy efficient, using approximately 85% less energy than that of halogen or incandescent lighting–meaning significant savings on your power bills. They also have a much longer lifespan than other ty...