How to distinguish the quality of the LED strips non-waterproof?
How to distinguish the quality of the LED strips non-waterproof?
The LED source:
Chip brand-San’an chip and Epistar are good brands of chips;
Light efficiency and rated current of the LED source; for example, It will be very good for life span, when we use only 20mA for the LED with rated current 60mA;
CCT tolerance- Good LED strips with have small tolerance, for example 3000K+/-100K;
BIN control: ANSI <3 steps or One bin only- This will ensure very good color uniformity;
CRI: the higher the better, but within the same chip, higher CRI will cause of loss of light efficiency.
The PCB and Circuit Design:
The PCB with 2 Oz copper is good;
The ultra-long series of LED strips probably will need 3-4 Oz copper to ensure the voltage drop is small at the end;
Constant current IC or triodes could be used for constant current LED strips, when the power is not that stable, for example DC output varies from 20-26V.
7 LEDs cuttable and 8 LEDs cuttable for more and more popular to increase the light efficiency.
Tapes at the back:
3M tape is usually very good. Some special types of heat conductive tapes could be used for some high-power LED strips.
Sunsmart offers a wide variety of flexible LED strips of good color uniformity with 3-5 years warranty. Welcome to send injury.