Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 04-05-2008
Tags: diy, electronics, led, light, light strip led, light strips, light strips for cars, light strips for trucks, light strips tron, lighting
Light Strip
 |
 5M RGB 5050 SMD 150 LED Strips 24Key High Quality China  US $18.80
|
 5M Warm White Waterproof 3528 SMD LedStrip Light 600Led US $22.00
|
 5M 5050 RGB SMD LED Strip Light 150 Leds Controller US $20.56
|
 1 x WHITE 24CM CAR TRUCK HEADLIGHT Neon Led Light Strip US $1.99
|
 5M 3528 SMD Warm White Waterproof LED lamp Strip light US $11.01
|
 5M Waterproof 5050 RGB SMD Flexible LED Strip 300 Leds US $31.02
|
 Thomas Lighting Mirrored Vanity Light Chrome SL7402 4 US $12.99
|
 5M RGB 5050 150 LED SMD Strip 44 Tasten Controller LD082 US $18.50
|
 Thomas Lighting Homestead Vanity Light Bronze Tile US $15.00
|
 5M RGB Led strip lights controller IP65 SMD 5050 LED ribbon US $17.99
|
 5m Blue SMD 3528 LED Waterproof Flexible 300 Strip US $11.90
|
 5m Red SMD 3528 LED Waterproof Flexible 300 Strip US $11.90
|
 5m Green SMD 3528 LED Waterproof Flexible 300 Strip US $11.90
|
 5m Warm White 3528 LED Waterproof Flexible 300 Strip US $11.90
|
 500cm 5m White led 3528 SMD LED Strip Light 300 X Led US $11.90
|
 500cm 5M RGB Flexible LED Strip ribbon SMD5050 waterproof light IR Controller US $9.99
|
 500cm 5m RGB 300 LED Waterproof Flexible Strip remote SMD 5050 L01 US $4.90
|
| The Fans And Lights Blog |
LED Cabinet Lighting
LED Cabinet lighting continues to increase in popularity as more people realize the cost saving benefits and superior performance that diode-based illumination provides them. When one considers the extremely low power requirements of led lamps (only 20% of other lamps) and their extremely long lamp life (50,000 hours), their value becomes readily apparent to the decorator who holds both quality and efficiency foremost in mind. LED cabinet lights can last up to ten years and negate the annoyance and cost of frequent replacements. Because of this, LED cabinet lighting strips provide a highly sophisticated illumination for both decorative and functional applications. They produce none of the UV light emitted by fluorescent lamps and only trace amounts of heat. This makes them the safest form of lighting, not only for cabinets, but displays and shelves of any kind that house sensitive materials.
While in some cases it may be true that LED's of the past were not as bright as incandescents and fluorescents, Phantom Lighting has changed all of this with revolutionary, new lamping technology that produces up to 50 lumens of safe, brilliant light. Phantom Lighting also offers the only adjustable cabinet lighting strips with a patented adjustable shelf wiring method. This delivers low-voltage current safely and allows for shelf adjustment without the risk of short circuit or shock.
Phantom LED cabinet lighting strips provide a full spectrum of color temperatures in order to accommodate both functional and aesthetic lighting demands. Warm white (our incandescent equivalent) begins at 2950K and ranges upward to a more bluish, daylight white at 6500K. The mainstay colors that defined the earliest LED's---green, red, and blue---are also available in similar temperature colors. This wide range of color temperatures makes Phantom LED cabinet lighting strips the most versatile linear strip lights that can fully accommodate the broad spectrum of needs found in both the commercial and residential marketplaces.
As we have already noted, diodes produce only a negligible fraction of heat, even after hours of prolonged use. Works of art, exquisitely tailored clothing accessories, and even rare documents in museum displays can be illuminated safely and impeccably with Phantom LED cabinet lighting strips. The added benefit of adjustability offers curators and merchandisers the freedom to periodically change displays without altering the intensity of the light or damaging electrical components. This in turn frees the technical designer from the routine, technical aspects of repeat maintenance and allows for a proposal that focuses more on the creative and functional than upon the mundane.
Phantom distribution agents work throughout North, Central, and South America to provide lighting design companies with as many as six different LED cabinet lighting strip series in order to anticipate every scenario they will encounter. With the growing push for LEEDS certification, and California's recent ban on incandescent lamps, the demand for LED cabinet lights specifically engineered for retrofitting has increased proportionally. Two important considerations have to be taken into account when retrofitting cabinet lighting strips. The first of these is the type of current used to power the strip.
Generally speaking, LED lamps are DC-powered lamps. This presents a problem for some users when it comes time to replace an incandescent or Xenon strip powered by an AC circuit. The extra costs of AC to DC conversion equipment, plus additional labor fees, are a needless expense for the client and a nuisance for consultants to justify. Phantom led cabinet lighting strips; however, solve this problem with AC low voltage transformers that power the lamps along existing circuitry.
The second consideration critical to properly retrofitting linear strips is their physical compatibility with the display housing itself. Phantom linear strips such as the AE Series (Adjustable Exposed) are manufactured to custom fit exposed metal tracks and to use them as power conductors in a complete circuit. This provides the seamless equivalent of a tailor-made product in spite of its function as a retrofit component! New construction projects benefit equally as much from Phantom LED cabinet lighting strips. Contractors who include lighting design as a key component to winning an important bid can line item our AC Series (Adjustable Concealed) in their proposals to give them a leading technical and decorative edge over the competition. These led shelf strip lights offer a low profile, near-invisible source of light that enables the new homeowner or commercial tenant to see the light, not the fixture. This is because the AC series employs custom buss bars that conduct power to each adjustable shelf, resulting in complete concealment of the wiring. It has become a fast favorite among custom homeowners who prefer pins and drilled holes to exposed metal supports.
The AC series can also be special-ordered with either solid metal trims for horizontal applications that require additional decorative highlighting, or it can be custom cut with a variety of specialty trims for custom under cabinet lighting or applications above eye level.
Regardless of the specific LED cabinet lighting strip ultimately selected for a task, please keep in mind that all Phantom cabinet strip lighting products, including the LED models, are engineered to minimize glare and hide the light source from normal viewing angles. All that the average viewer ever sees is the cabinet itself filled with an even wash of bright, glare-free light that shrouds contents in a warm, ambient glow. With a generous 120-degree beam spread from each light emitting diode, the resulting illumination easily homogenizes or converges to achieve a continuous linear light source. Ultimately, therefore, LED cabinet lighting strips with LED Lamps offer not only an equivalent luminosity to linear incandescent strips, but also a superior distribution system that minimizes the fixture and emphasizes the light.
About the Author
Phantom Lighting, Inc.
. For more information
LED Cabinet Lighting
and
Under Cabinet Light Fixtures
, visit us online.
Can I use a regular worklight instead of buying an Aquarium light strip for a planted aquarium?
Can I use a regular worklight instead of buying an Aquarium light strip? Because its cheaper, you can put T8 fluroscent bulbs...Really what is the point of buying of buying a a Aquarium light for 100+ when you can buy a cheaper ugly worklight, but will it be just as good? light wise?
Yes, you can do this. If you have the option, get the newer T-8 shoplights instead of the oldder T-12s. The tubes have a narrower diameter and better light output. You can get the T-8s for around $13-$15 at WalMarts.
I belong to a planted aquarium club, and several of our members use T-8s on their tanks. This is also a good method when you'r using racks of 10 gallon tanks, 1 shoplight can light 4-5 tanks if they sit so their fronts/backs are together and you're looking in them from the side.
Buy full spectrum tubes if you can afford to. You can also do 1 full spectrum and 1 cool white which is a little cheaper and the plants don't seem to mind.
