Choosing the Right Brightness for Your LED Strip Lights

Choosing an led strip Light that is neither too bright nor too dim is among the first stumbling blocks that presents itself to our customers. Would might get technical if we wanted and begin quoting the lumen output (quantifiable brightness) of every of our strip lights, but this really is vulnerable to causing more confusion than is necessary.

Instead, our LED Strip Lights can be split into three main categories based on the utility. These are low brightness, mid brightness and high brightness. Knowing that you simply need will avoid you being left in the dark or blinding yourself unnecessarily.

Low brightness LED Strip Lights are primarily created for decorative purposes and will deliver sufficient light to illuminate a tiny enclosed area or add definition to a room. Typical applications include the inside of cabinets and the underside of shelves. An example of this type of strip could be the 60 LED 3528, which gives 400 lumens per metre.

Mid brightness LED Strip Lights offer a greater number of light and while they can nevertheless be found in an attractive capacity, in addition they offer enough illumination to serve as a task light. Certainly one of the most popular uses for this type of light can be as undercabinet lighting in the kitchen, where it delivers enough light to illuminate work tops. An example of this type of strip is the 30 LED 5050, which gives 510 lumens per metre, or the 120 LED 3528, which gives 800 lumens per metre.

High brightness LED Strip Lights deliver a large amount of light due to their relatively small size. This makes them suited to many commercial applications or situations where in fact the lights need to keep visible in the clear presence of background ambience. A few samples of applications include shop front window displays and night club illuminations. An example of a higher brightness strip light could be the 60 LED 5050, which gives 1020 lumens per metre.

As an over-all rule of thumb, strip lights with fewer and smaller LED chips give less light. It is also worth noting that the color temperature effects the perceived brightness of a light source, as cool white gives a few more lumens than warm white. Due to its brightness, cool white is far better in certain applications, such as for example accenting, than warm white, which is much softer.

Whenever choosing a LED strip you must think about the following questions:

-Where are the lights going to be used?

-What effect am I trying to achieve?

-How dark will the region be?

-Do I want my lights to be functional?

A simpler option is to set up a dimmer switch.