When choosing the type of lighting in a country house or a modern apartment, many prefer a LED backlight. At the same time, some owners turn to specialists for selection of equipment and its installation, while others do it themselves. But all of them first of all reflect on how to choose the right LED ribbon.
How to choose a quality LED strip for lighting the room?
First of all, you need to find out exactly where you will install the LED strip. From its location will depend, you need an open or hermetic tape type.
So, as you know, the brightness of the LED strip is affected by its type. The weakest are the first type of LEDs, which have one semiconductor crystal. The second type of LED contains three crystals, and, therefore, its brightness is three times larger. In addition, the brightness of the tape depends on the number of LEDs on it.
Important when choosing an LED strip and its hue. Even white illumination can have different variations: warm, daytime or cold. More often for decorative illumination choose a color LED tape: it can be either multi-color or monochrome.
Sometimes owners are interested in what LED strip to choose for lighting walls and ceiling in living rooms, and what - for other rooms. In the living room, children's room and bedroom, LED backlighting is used mainly for the incandescent lighting of the ceiling, niches or curtains. Since the humidity in these rooms is kept within the normal range, a standard open LED strip will work for them. In such rooms, LED backlighting performs mostly decorative function, so the type of backlight can be almost anything, and the color and brightness - depending on your preferences. Often in the living room or bedroom, LED lighting is the main source of lighting. In this case, with the help of LED tapes controlled by a controller or dimmer, it is easy to create a cozy quiet or festive atmosphere in the room.
In the kitchen, LED lighting performs both a decorative function and a practical one. In addition to lighting the ceiling and walls, the LED strip looks nice for the working surface of the tables. A creative version of the application of the tape in the kitchen - the lower and upper cabinets. In this case, the open LED strip is usually attached to the top of the cabinets, and the sealed - to the bottom of the outdoor furniture.
Illumination of LEDs can be installed inside cabinets. In this case, it is equipped with a special sensor, which includes a tape when opening the cabinet door or when lighting general lighting. There are even non-contact versions of such a backlight, for inclusion of which it is enough to hold a hand in front of the cabinet.
Very practical illumination above the working surface, installed under the hanging cabinets. This LED strip should be installed either strictly down,
For the lighting device in the bathroom or on the steps of the stairs, you should purchase a sealed tape. In this case, you will not need to worry about that moisture does not get on the LEDs during cleaning or they are not accidentally damaged.
Irreplaceable can be an economical LED tape for such passageways, as a corridor and an entrance hall. Arranging it along the entire room, you will create uniform lighting. For greater savings, it is recommended that you use a device such as a dimmer and use it to set very low night lighting.