LED or light emitting diode is a light source that works at a low voltage and emits comparatively higher intensity light. If some of them are mounted to form a stripe, it is called a LED strip. You get many kinds of LED strips that are used in various applications. Although they appear without colors at first soon the RGB color appeared, then now you have the ability to get LEDs of different colors in the LED shop.
You get two major varieties of LED strip, one is the rigid strip and the other is the flexible strip. The rigid strip are just LEDs mounted on a plastic casing. Also known as LED bars, they are sometimes mounted on aluminum casing with waterproofing. When it comes to flexible LED strips they are mounted on adhesive tape and can be formed into any shapes.
To form a flexible LED strip, many LEDs are mounted on adhesive tape combined with flexible conductor. When the electrical power is applied to the conductor, the LEDs began to glow. As the base is made of flexible material, these flexible strips can be shaped into rolls and be stored. There is a chance to cut them at certain lengths to connect them the way you want. For this reason, flexible LED strip can be used in different ways.
The connection to the flexible strip can be made either by means of simple soldering or by connecting method provided in the strip. They are available in reels with soldering or connecting points provided at regular intervals. So, you have the chance to make use of them as outdoor LED strips too. You only need to find a waterproof variety for this purpose.
Design options that you have on LED strips and LEDs in general are countless as the technology also keeps on strengthening. They are designed to be used in several applications. There is a thin strip that is as thin as 5 mm, while the larger ones could be 8 or 12 mm. There can be the quite wide ones that are being used for certain application that measure up to 17 mm. As technology continues to increase, you might get a far more versions of this strip.
So far, LEDs has been used only as indicator lights, because they emitted only very little light. The later ones cames with enough brightness that they can be used in lighting applications. First, they have been used in a flash lights. Flash-light manufacturer guarantees their ” bulbs” that it will last for 10,000 hours.
Of course they could have a warranty just because a light emitting diode will not “burn” easily. LED lamp has now become the choice of a really good cheap for almost all types of lighting.