{"id":76,"date":"2013-12-05T12:02:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T10:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.4x4direct.co.za\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2016-05-30T16:59:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T14:59:41","slug":"interesting-facts-about-leds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4x4direct.co.za\/blog\/interesting-facts-about-leds\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts about LEDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1>Facts about LED Strips:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4x4direct.co.za\/en\/138-modules\">LED Modules<\/a> are more robust than strips and have the same light output.<\/li>\n<li>The code 3528 means that the LED is 3.5mm x 2.8mm in size<\/li>\n<li>The code 5050 means that the LED is 5mm x 5mm in size<\/li>\n<li>We mainly sell 3528 and 5050 LED strips<\/li>\n<li>When you get quotations for LED strips note that there are various density of LEDs on the strip. We mainly sell strips which contains 60 LEDs per meter. You also get with 30 LEDs per meter or even less.<\/li>\n<li>Most of our LED strips are about 10mm wide and 3mm high.<\/li>\n<li>The LED strips come in 5 meter rolls<\/li>\n<li>You can cut it any length after each 3rd LED which is about a 50mm piece<\/li>\n<li>All LED strips uses 12V DC which makes it ideal for cars, boats, caravans<\/li>\n<li>You get the LED strips in various colours like <strong>white, warm white, blue, yellow, green, red<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You get the LED strip in waterproof as well as NON-waterproof\u00a0 <!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Waterproof LED strips is covered by a silicon coating which protects the LEDs and circuit<\/li>\n<li>NON-waterproof LED strips are cheaper that the waterproof models and is ideal to use inside a cupboard.<\/li>\n<li>the 5050 LED strip is much more expensive than the 3528 but emits double the amount of light.<\/li>\n<li>2x 300mm 3528 LED strips are more than sufficient light for the inside of your 4&#215;4 double cab&#8217;s canopy<\/li>\n<li>LED Strips uses very little power which makes it ideal for battery driven applications like boats, 4&#215;4, camping, etc.<\/li>\n<li>3528 led strip light 60leds\/m\u00a0\u00a0 uses \u00a0300mA per meter and is 3w \u00a0per meter<\/li>\n<li>5050 led strip light 60leds\/m\u00a0\u00a0 uses\u00a0720mA per meter and is 9W per meter<\/li>\n<li>The LED strip is easy to install, it has double sided tape on the back, thus you just stick it to almost any surface.<\/li>\n<li>The LED strip is flexible<\/li>\n<li>most LEDs are rated to last 50,000 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Uses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Under-counter lights<br \/>\n2. Lights in cupboard<br \/>\n3. Shop-fitting<br \/>\n4. Decorating lights<br \/>\n5. Lights in caravan, boats, canopies and off-road trailers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat Ranges:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cool White LED- 5000-7000 K<br \/>\nNatural\/Pure white LED &#8211; 3500-5000K<br \/>\nWarm white LED &#8211; 2700-3500K<\/p>\n<p>Incandescent light bulb &#8211; 2700-3300K<br \/>\nStudio lamps, photofloods, etc &#8211; 3400K<br \/>\nMoonlight, xenon arc lamp &#8211; 4100K<br \/>\nHorizon daylight &#8211; 5000K<br \/>\nVertical daylight, electronic flash &#8211; 5500 &#8211; 6000K<br \/>\nDaylight, overcast &#8211; 6500<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facts about LED Strips: LED Modules are more robust than strips and have the same light &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.4x4direct.co.za\/blog\/interesting-facts-about-leds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Interesting Facts about LEDs<\/span> Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,10],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-led-information","tag-led","tag-led-strip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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