How to choose high brightness and low power consumption saving LED strip or tape lights?

LED strips are widely used because they have the advantages of high brightness, low power consumption, long life, and do not contain mercury, and are more friendly to the environment.

So how to choose indoor or outdoor LED strip light that really meets these advantages?

First of all, to understand what factors will affect the energy consumption of LED strip lights,

1. Comparison of power and voltage

The same LED strip light, in the case of different power supply voltages, the power is also different. Therefore, when purchasing lights, we must pay attention to the selection of lights that match the power supply voltage, which can make the power utilization rate higher and reduce the waste of energy.

2. The relationship between brightness and current

For the same type of LED strip light, the number of LED and current directly determine the brightness of the LED light strips. In general, the brightness of the LED strips and the current are proportional, the greater the current, the higher the brightness. However, too much current may cause the LED temperature to be too high, affecting the life span and stability, so you need to choose the right brightness according to your needs when purchasing.

3. other factors

In addition to factors such as brightness and power, the installation method, single LED quality, heat dissipation design, etc., will also be directly related to the performance and life span of the LED strip light. Therefore, in the purchase of LED strip lights need to consider all aspects of the factors, choose the right product.

4. the type of LED strip light

There are two kinds of LED strip lights on the market, COB LED strip lights and SMD LED strip lights, COB LED strips although with high brightness and no light dots, but also high power than the average SMD LED strips to consume electricity.

Therefore, at the same voltage and current, only high light efficiency SMD LED strip lights can achieve not only power saving but also high brightness effect. What is light efficiency? Light efficiency can be defined as the ratio of luminous flux and radiant flux measured under the same wavelength, the unit is lumen/watt (lm/W), in general, the larger the value, the higher the luminous efficiency of the LED, the higher the luminous efficiency, the greater the brightness.

A single LED has high luminous efficiency, even if the LED strip has a small number of leds per meter, it can emit brightness several times higher than that of an inefficient single LED. At present, the maximum light efficiency on the market can be 160lm/W, of course, technology is improving, and the light efficiency will only be higher and higher.

So before buying the LED strip light, we should consider the high voltage or low voltage LED strip or tape light with high light efficiency, did you know?

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