Types of LED Lighting

Types of LED Lighting

In the last few years, LED lights have developed substantially, becoming the preferred solution for various applications. Not so long ago, in addition to being considered expensive, LED lighting was also avoided due to inadequate illumination. These issues have been resolved and consumers can now choose from a wide array of LED lights for both commercial and residential use. For many years, home owners have understood the costs of using electricity to heat or cool a home and they are now beginning the realize the power saving capability of … Read more

LED Strip Light Buying Guide (2022 update)

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When you are sourcing led strip light in the market,you need to know this products clearly. We don’t want complex theory,we just want to show you what you need to know.When you read this post step by step,then you will an expert in led strip light business. Here are top 12 considerations you need to care about before buying led strip lights. What does the number of an LED mean? What is SMD3528,SMD5050,SMD2835,SMD2216 mean?This is the size/dimension of the led.Just like SMD3528 dimension is 3.5mm x2.8mm, SMD5050 dimension … Read more

LED Aluminum Profile User Guide (2022 update)

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When you are sourcing led aluminum profile, you need to know some basic knowledge. This post as a led aluminum profile WIKI will give you all you want to know here. This will help you more understand led aluminum profile industrial and sourcing the right high-quality products. You only need to spend a short time reading this article then you can know more clearly about the led aluminum profile in the lighting business. What are LED Aluminum Profiles? Led aluminum profiles, also known as Led extrusions, are lightweight channels … Read more

Wrong way connect led strip light to AC220V (case)

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Wrong connect the DC12/24V led strip light to AC220/110V Sometimes,when install the led strip light,worker may don’t know clearly input of the led strip light.They connect the wrong voltage of the strip light.In most case is that the worker connect the DC12V/24V led strip light to AC220/110V.That is happen in seconds and the strip light is damage. What will happen when the DC12V/24V led strip light connect directly to the AC220V/110V ? Check following photos.(Case study) This strip light is DC24V but connect to AC220V. After connect AC220V … Read more

Led Color Kinds

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This post show you the led color knowledge.This is helpful when you sourcing led lighting and using led led lighting. I don’t want to talk the very deep led color knowledge here. Just let you know the how many kinds of led color and what we are using every day. Normally,we divide the led color into two categories. One is color led Such as red color,yellow color,blue color,green color,amber color,pink color,purple color,orange color,UV,IR and some special color. The color led normally using in landscape lighting,Christmas lighting,holiday lighting,advertising lighting,etc. … Read more

Led Linear Light Application Guide

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What is Led linear light ? Led linear light is simplicity design and fashion lighting fixture.It is made by led strip light,led aluminum profile,led diffuser,end caps,clips,suspending wires,driver,controller,dimmer,etc. How many kinds of led linear luminaires? Led linear light fixture have different kinds for different application. Normally, it have the following kinds Surface mounted led linear light fixture Recessed led linear light fixture Pendant led linear light fixture Round size led linear light fixture Led linear light fixture for corner Led linear light fixture for stairs Led linear light fixture … Read more

How to install led strip light under a kitchen cabinet at home?

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How to install led strip light under a kitchen cabinet? We need to prepare some material first. Led strip light, led power supply, fast connector, scissors, wires, soldering iron, insulated rubber tape. This material is easy for no matter you are a DIYer a professional. Make sure right connect the wires, Wrong connection will problem happen. Let’s enjoy install led strip light under a cabinet at home. First,Material prepare .led strip light In projects,SMD5050-60LED/M-DC24V AND SMD2835-120LED/M-DC24V is the most popular led strip light using in cabinet lighting and … Read more

Led Glossary

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Lumen (lm) – Lumen is the measurement of brightness as perceived to the human eye. We are accustomed to using watts to measure the “brightness of light” because of incandescent lighting use. Today, we use lumen. Lumen is the most important variable when choosing your strip light. Thehigher the number, the brighter the light will be. Ensure that the strips you choose are bright enough for your application. AC – Alternating Current. This is the electricity that is used in most homes and commercial spaces. It’s often referred to … Read more

Led Linear Light Basic Course

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This course introduce the structure of led linear light.Let you know clearly the parts of the led linear light. The following post will let you know the main parts of led linear light ,including aluminum profile,cover(diffuser),end cap,clips,screws,connectors,suspension wires,strip light , power supply,sensor,dimmer,connectors,etc. The main structure of led linear light Aluminum profile Cover(diffuser) End cap Parts(Including clips,screws,connectors,suspension wires,etc) Led strip light,led power supply,led dimmer,led controller,led sensor,etc Led linear light aluminum profile Lightstec aluminum profile material is aluminium alloy 6063-T5. T5:Via high temperature molding process and cooling.And then artificial aging … Read more

How to cut and connect the led strip light with fast connector

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When we use led strip light in projects,we need to cut the led strip light in length.Sometimes,we also need to cut the multiple led strip light.We need to use fast led connector to connect the led strip light.And connect the led strip light to led power supply. Following post will let you know how to cut the led strip light in length and how to connect the led strip light with fast connector then can connect with the power supply. Step 1,Prepare material We need led strip light,scissors,solder-less … Read more

Some Lighting Tricks That Will Make Your Room Seem Warmer

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Nothing can quite sap the joy from your day like going home to a house that’s cold and uninviting. Likewise, even the drabbest day outside can be livened up by returning to a home that’s warm and intimate. So, how do you make sure your home is the latter (and not the former)? It’s actually not hard to make a room or an entire house feel cozy, and you can do it simply by adjusting your lighting. The right lighting can have an indelible effect on a space. Use … Read more

How To Cut Led Aluminum Profile In Length?

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The led aluminum extrusions material is in 2 meter or 3 meter length normally.In most of the projects,custom-made length is required.You need to cut the aluminum profile to the correct length with cutting machine or hand saw. There is a simple guide to teach you how to cut the led profile in the correct length step by step. 1.Slide the led cover or click the led diffuser into the aluminium profile. Make sure the end of the cover and aluminum profile is smooth.In this way you can cut … Read more

LED LIGHT QUALITY INSPECTION

LED LIGH QUALITY INSPECTION

When you are sourcing led lights from China. You can not check every order by yourself. If we don’t inspect the quality of the goods,many risks will happen. The led light factory will use another material for your products in some cases. Sometimes low quality. We need to avoid this happening that is why we need quality inspection before shipping. We need to check the products before shipping. Then we can know how is the production process. How are the products are assembling? What is the material quality? … Read more

How to Source Led Lights from China?

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What is product sourcing? Product sourcing is a part of business.means you have to find the products meet market requirements and negotiate with the factory offer the quality products on time. China is a huge country and there are many factors making many different kinds of products. When you are sourcing products from the world, you can not avoid China market. Led lights are big business in our life, we can sourcing many kinds of led lighting from China. Sourcing led lights from China is not an easy … Read more

20+ Top China Sourcing Online Market

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China has the whole industry chain. You can source many high quality and low-cost products from China. When you are sourcing China supplier, searching the factory information from online market is a good choice. The online market will show you the product information, company information, contact detail.Save your time. Here are top 20+ China sourcing online market for your choice. 1. Alibaba website: alibaba.com headquarters: Hangzhou, China slogan: global trade starts here As the world’s largest b2b sourcing portal, the name “Alibaba” has become synonymous with sourcing from China. … Read more

How To Find Your Right LED Light Factory in China? (Guide 2022)

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China led lighting industry is a very large market. There are many people are working in these areas.Manufacturer,wholesaler,retailer,trading company,exporter,Soho,sourcing company.The company is big and small. Finding the right led factory & partner in China is the most important things you need to do first. Select the wrong supplier is a serious risk. Not only the communication with each other but the products and business opportunity. In my experience, finding a new supplier is not an easy job. I will share our experience with you. I hope this will … Read more

TaiWan Tanzuomali Lighting Project

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TanZuoMaLi Times Park  Asia Most Beautiful Barbecue Meat Restaurant Project:TanZuoMaLi Lighting Brand: Lightstec TanZuoMaLi is the most beautiful barbecue meat restaurant in Taiwan, Asia. Lightstec offers all the lighting for this project. Including the outside garden light, wall washer, floodlight, panel light, led strip light, led linear light, controller, power supply. All the material is in high standard. For the Led we use CREE and the driver we use Meanwell, Philips. This to make sure the lighting in high quality. From Outdoor lighting to Indoor lighting, we all … Read more

LED Linear Light Solutions (2022 update)

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1.What is led linear light? Led linear light is make by led strip light source,led aluminum profile and led driver power supply.Similar as led tube.It is a very popular led lighting systems. 2.How many length can led linear light make? It have a widely applications.Led linear light bars can make in many different size, normally 4 ft ,6ft,8ft for commercial linear led light fixtures. 3.Does led linear light have waterproof vision? It can use as indoor and outdoor lighting.Can custom-made IP65 waterproof vision.You can order architectural lighting system … Read more

Amazing LED Linear Light Application Ideas (2022 update)

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Now more and more lighting scenes are used linear elements.Led linear lighting market is still very large today. This post will show you led linear light applications in some lighting projects. The difference is that the traditional linear lighting changes to LED technology combined with intelligent lighting to expand the application of led linear lights. With the improvement of appearance and performance, the appearance and application of this linear light will develop continually. Tradition is being abandoned, using new materials, and using more advanced technology, linear lighting is also more … Read more

10+ Led Aluminum Profile Ideas :How To Use Led Aluminum Profile In Lighting Design

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How To Use Led Aluminum Profile? Design Ideas for Lighting Projects 2020 Ultimate guide for led aluminum profile ideas: Design Ideas for Lighting Projects LED aluminum profile is a very hot and very popular lighting material in lighting design. There are many design ideas of led aluminum profile in lighting projects. LED aluminum profile also name LED aluminum channel, led extrusion, led profile housing, led strip light extrusion. It has many different sizes and different designs. Normally we offer 1 meter,2 meters, and 3-meter length. And we can … Read more

101 FAQ of Led Strip Light

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This post is for FAQ of led strip lights.Just like a led strip light wikipedia.We have summary many questions from client and give an answer.You can learn led strip light knowledge here.Hope this post can help you. Notice: This post is long content, you can use “Ctrl+F” to find some keyword you want to know. This article is listed below: 1.How many lumen per led chip you use for your flexible strip lights? 2.How is the color rendering index for your led chip? 3.How many kinds color temperature you can offer? 4.What kind of … Read more

Led Books

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These books are all about led lighting. This can help you when you are doing some research. How To Implement Led Lighting LED Lighting Design Guide LED Lighting Wiki LEDs light the future The Lighting Handbook The solare led street light All About LED Lighting Basics of Led Drivers This books are from internet.Copyright is belong to the author. About Author JerryHu Founder of Lightstec.Engineering degree.More than 13 years working experience in led lighting business.Familiar with producing led lighting products.This blog share you knowledge and solution in led … Read more

How to deal with the light leakage of led linear light

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1,Introduction Now many lighting projects are using led linear light as a lighting source. Led linear light fashion, simple design Nordic style. In the process of the project, sometimes need use led light very long, more than 2meter connect together. They need to cut and connect the cover/diffuser. They usually cutting uneven, the installation uneven. Then the led linear light will under light leakage. That is not perfect for decorative effect. And the engineering process can not overcome in working place. 2, Case Introduction A, The place of … Read more

How to Buy Right Quality BUT Small Quantity LED Lights from China: Complete Guide by Lightstec

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led-strip-light-buying-guide Many people doing lighting business around the world.Sometimes they want to buy small quantity led lights,such as led strip lights,led tube,led floodlight,led bulbs from China for their business.But most of them don’t have many experience.They think that is a easy job:find a Chinese led factory,buy led products in low price,ship home and sell high price in their projects. But the true is buying small quantity led products from China is not an easy job.And you need to buy the right quality led products.You have to face many different problems.Such … Read more

6 ways to know the led strip light quality

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When you are sourcing led strip light from China.Led strip light is well know as lighting material. It is used widely use in home, hotel, office and all around us.Led quality is very important to led strip light lifespan. Then we have 6 ways to compare the LED Quality. 1. LED Bin If the color temperature and Voltage bin are same in every order, then the quality and color consistency will get better. 2,LED CRI Now led CRI have CRI>60,CRI>80,CRI>90. The higher CRI ,the color will more real … Read more

LED Strip Light PCB Quality: Double Side VS Single Side

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Now led strip light PCB have many kinds, double layer PCB, single layer PCB, rolled copper foil, plating copper. Best double layer PCB can bear large current, very good heat dissipation and has high stable quality.so we need to know What the is the difference between double layer PCB and single layer PCB of the led strip? 1. Flexible LED Strip PCB thickness Double-layer PCB and single layer PCB thickness mainly is cooper thickness. the single layer PCB thickness is < 1-ounce thickness. Best Double-layer PCB thickness is … Read more

LED Strip Light CRI VS Brightness

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One of our customers required us to customized CRI>90 Strips. while he receives the samples, he compares our CRI>80 Strip with CRI>90 strips, then he changes his mind to choose CRI>80 strip. So what is the relationship between CRI and Lumen? Will CRI>90 be more suitable for led strip application? Now we are sharing our led strip base knowledge with you. Color rendering index (CRI), is the degree of reduction of the light color of an object. Highest CRI is up to 100, the lowest is 0 Sunlight … Read more

Why LED Chips Need Gold Wires for Packaging?

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LED Package wires classification LED Package wires are the wire electrical connection to connect these led chip to the external pins. once this wire has a problem, the LED is damaged, So as there are many different prices in the market,  how many types of wires are used for led packages? The LED Packages has 4 types of quality: gold wires, silver wires, copper wires, and alloy wires.   Gold wires It is Top quality among wires in the high-end package field. it features stable performance, high price. … Read more

How to install led aluminum profile?

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Led aluminum profile using LED strip light, they are widely used in projects. Such as cabinet lighting, kitchen lighting, show box lighting, shopping mall lighting. Sometimes, customers ask us such as how to cut the led aluminum profile? How to install the led strip light in the led aluminum profile? From this video, we can know how to use and install led aluminum profile. Any question, pls contact with Lightstec!     About Author JerryHu Founder of Lightstec.Engineering degree.More than 13 years working experience in led lighting business.Familiar … Read more

How to use led controller in lighting projects?

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Now days, many lighting project need control the led light.Just like RGB color change,CCT color temperature from 2400K to 6500K,RGB+W color change , RGB+CCT color change and addressable IC magic led strip light color change. Many different kinds of request need different led controller. This led controller guide will let you know more about led controller and how to use in lighting projects. What is led controller? LED controller is a special chip processing control LED lights display function of the switch.The controller will control the driver circuit … Read more

What LED Color Temperature We Can Offer

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Led the most important is the color temperature. Customer order the led strip light and led linear light , they will let us know what color they want. That is important for us to make the right products to customer.We can know some more in this post about CCT. Then we can know what led color temperature we can offer. Color consistency represents a light quality index for led light fittings. The indicator called correlated color temperature, describes white light as neutral, warm (reddish), or cool (bluish). Even … Read more

LED Strip Light Voltage Drop: DC12V VS DC24V

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LED strip light PCB is made of copper. As we know, copper has electrical resistivity. That means when we use the PCB longer, then the voltage will be less in the end than in the beginning. We should think about how to avoid the voltage drop. Many customers will have the question, How long can we use the led strip light? How is the voltage drop at the end of 5 meters led strip light? Does DC24V voltage better than DC12V? How long can I connect the led … Read more

Customized LED Strip Light PCB

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Need custom LED strip light? Lightstec offers custom PCB for light strips then will fit your special project and local market request. Lightstec has many many special led PCB for projects. Some of the projects need some very special design lighting fixtures. And you can not find the right lighting source in the market. Then we need to design a new PCB for the products. Lightstec has long time experience for design new led PCB for products. If you can not find the right lighting source in the … Read more

LED Strip Light Quality: Good vs Low

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How to choose good quality LED strip light and avoid loss? This post will show you high-quality LED strip light VS cheap & low-quality light strip. Sometimes, the Customer gives us the other factory led strip light sample. Some price is very low, they want to know what is the difference from good quality led strip light and what is the low quality led strip light. In this post, Lightstec will show you how to tell the difference from each other. LIGHTSTEC LED STRIP LIGHT PCB:Double layer 2OZ … Read more

China LED Aluminum Profile Sourcing Guide

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Lightstec is a Chinese led aluminum profile manufacturer. LED aluminum profiles are the professional lighting material for led linear light. As we can search in Google, LED profiles which also called “LED channels”, “LED aluminum extrusions”, “led profiles”, “LED aluminum housing”. LED aluminum profiles including aluminum profile, PC cover or PC diffuser, end caps, clips, screws, suspending wires, etc. LED aluminum profiles not only protect the led strips but also it has a very good outlook. It is widely using for office lighting, room lighting, shopping mall lighting, … Read more

Lightstec® Led Linear Light Projects

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Many Lightstec® customers using led linear light make many projects.The projects is very creative,good design,give us a amazing lighting environment. Lightstec led aluminum profile is a freedom lighting design material.And using with our led strip light give a high quality projects. Let’s see what Led linear light can do. 1,Led Linear Light for stair 2,Led Linear Light for office 3,Led Linear Light For Home Using 4,Led Linear Light For Company Using  5,Led Linear Light For Bedroom Lightstec® offering high quality led linear light material if factory price. We … Read more

What is led strip light?

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What is flexible led strip light? Flexible led strip light is widely use lighting fixture around us . It it make by flexible pcb ,SMD LED ,resistance and other electronic components .Led strip light is very easy install and connect for long length.It can easy use for your home lighting and project lighting . Lightstec is a Chinese led strip light manufacturer , we are doing led lighting business more than 8 years .We know about the led strip lights.So you can order from us or connect with … Read more

Led strip light CRI 90 VS CRI 80 VS CRI 70

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What is CRI? CRI is color rendering index,and the other name is RA.It is compare the light with the Sun in the middle day. CRI more high ,the color more near the sun light.That means we see the item more real when it is illuminated by a light.CRI is a important parameter during the led lighting development。In the beginning , the CRI is very low. Not more than 60. Now the LED CRI is from 70 ,80 to 90.   How to select the right CRI products ? … Read more

Silicon waterproof led strip light VS Epoxy resin glue led strip light

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Silicon glue strip light VS PU glue strip light VS Epoxy resin glue strip light Now there 3 kinds of waterproof material for led strip light in the market. Silicon glue ,PU glue and epoxy resin glue. What is the different of this 3 kinds of led strip light?Which waterproof material for strip light is better? 1, Epoxy resin glue led strip light Epoxy resin glue is a very low price material . It is save cost.So Epoxy resin glue is used in many products. Just like the … Read more

LED strip light using in displays and light boxes

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LED strip light are widely using in signs and displays. Many high quality display and light boxes customer are using Lightstec’s led strip light as their lighting sources. As a Chinese led strip light manufacturer , we offer high quality led strip light and led aluminum profile to customer all over the world. LED light display, light boxes, signage sometimes is using outside, so they need very high-quality led strip light. Because the display sometimes in outside , not easy to fix. If a problem happens, that is … Read more

Led strip light using in home design

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Lightstec led strip lights are using more and more in home lighting.Can give a person a very good lighting environment.Led strip lights are used in all kinds of furniture.We can use not matter SMD3528 led strip light or SMD 5050 led strip light ,smd 2835 led strip light or smd 5050 rgb led strip light . Let’s see where are we using led strip lights in our room .   1,Led strip light can using for lighting wall 2,Led strip light can using for lighting TV 3,Led strip light … Read more

How to choose the right power supply for led strip light ?

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What is led driver for led strip light? When we using led strip light , Can we connect the led strip light directly to the AC110V or AC220V ?The answer is “no”. Normally the low voltage led strip light is DC12V or DC24V . Actually , led strip light also have DC3V, 5V ,36V,48V led strip light. But they are use in very special projects. Now we are talking about DC12V/24V led strip light. Led strip light driver is transformer . It change the high voltage AC110V/220V to … Read more

How to choose a better quality led strip light?

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Led strip light is a very popular lighting material in the market. Many buyer finding quality led strip light all over the world.We meet then in Canton Fair , HongKong lighting fair ,Frankfurt Lighting+Building fair. You need to quickly to check in the fair ,which company led strip light is the right quality led strip light .Otherwise you will buy cheap quality led strip light ,then will make you much troublesome. I will give you 10 tips for how to choose the better quality led strip light . … Read more

12 Tips to use led strip light

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When it comes to your home’s interior design, led strip light is one of the biggest players at present. Many people like using led strip light because it has a stronger quality than many other kinds of lighting. So what are some tips you should keep in mind during using led strip light? Here we listed together some problems that may happen and our answers: 1.What is led strip lights ? 2.How many kinds of led using in led strip light ? 3.How many kinds of led strip … Read more

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