FAQ'S

LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lights are the latest and most fascinating technological advancement in the lighting industry. LEDs are small, solid light bulbs that are powerful, energy-efficient, and long lasting. LEDs operate in different ways than traditional incandescent bulbs. This makes LEDs far more durable than traditional incandescent light bulbs. LED technology also provides many additional advantages over incandescent, fluorescents, and compact fluorescent lamps and lighting devices. This includes an exceptionally longer lifespan (60,000 hours), significantly lower energy consumption (90% more efficient), reduced maintenance costs, and higher safety.

You certainly hear and read a lot about the benefits associated with the energy efficiency of LED light emitting diodes versus traditional lighting. When you compare them to other energy-saving illumination methods that are currently available, you will find that LED lamps are definitely the smartest and most power-saving solution for illumination. The top 8 benefits of using LED lights over their less efficient alternatives can be read below.

Efficiency

LEDs are packed powerfully with sufficient energy and use up to 90% less power than incandescent light bulbs.

Longevity

LEDs have a lifespan of up to 60,000 hours as opposed to 1,500 hours typical of incandescent bulbs.

Sturdiness

LEDs are solid express lighting devices that utilize semiconductor material rather than a filament or neon gas.

Safety

Superior safety may be the most significant benefit of LEDs. LED lamps generate almost no warmth therefore they are cool to the touch and can be left on for hours without incident or consequence if touched, no glass, no UV and IR, no mercury and so on.

Environment

LEDs are made of non-toxic materials, unlike neon lighting that use mercury that may pose a danger to the environment. LED is recyclable and also considered “green”, or earth-friendly.

Color

LED lighting are offered in a variety of base colors, such as red, blue, and amber. Due to the fact that traditional incandescent bulbs use filters to produce colors, they are extremely bad. LEDs can be mixed together to produce large numbers of color options.

Long-term

LEDs are poised to replace traditional incandescent lights. LEDs are rapidly, without a doubt, becoming the preferred lighting solution of both homes and offices. long-lasting life up to 50,00 hours.

Uses

LEDs are currently used for a wide variety of different applications, such as in residential lighting, the military, as well as the architectural, automotive, transmissions, electronic instrumentation, the entertainment and gaming, the military, and the traffic and transportation industry. Since LEDs are focused lights, they are great at performing some specific lighting tasks, such as desk lamps, reading lights, night lights, security signals, spotlights, accent lamps, and lighting for signs.

LEDs create light by electroluminescence in a semiconductor material. Electroluminescence is the phenomenon of a material emitting light when electric current or an electric field is passed through it - this happens when electrons are sent through the material and fill electron holes. An electron hole exists where an atom lacks electrons (negatively charged) and therefore has a positive charge. Semiconductor materials like germanium or silicon can be "doped" to create and control the number of electron holes. Doping is the adding of other elements to the semiconductor material to change its properties. By doping a semiconductor you can make two separate types of semiconductors in the same crystal. The boundary between the two types is called a p-n junction. The junction only allows current to pass through it one way, this is why they are used as diodes. LEDs are made using p-n junctions. As electrons pass through one crystal to the other they fill electron holes. They emit photons (light).

The P-N junction is the basis of the functioning of the LED. The LED has an anode and a cathode separated by a crystal of semiconductor material. Addition of impurities to the semiconductor material produces P-N junctions within the chip. The entire assembly is within a plastic cover that can also double up as a lens to guide the light emitted by the LED.

Phosphors are used to help filter the light output of the LED. They create a more pure "harsh" color. Engineers had to figure out how to control the angle the light escapes the semiconductor, this "light cone" is very narrow. They figured out how to make light refract or bounce off all surfaces of the semiconductor crystal to intensify the light output. This is why LED displays traditionally have been best viewed from one angle.

LED light (our corn product LED flexible strips, neon flex) can be used for wide ranges, such as Architectural, Office, Retail, Hotel, Home, Hospital, Heritage, Landscape and so on, even we can say where is the corner, where is the LED strip light, more product details pls view http://www.fine-led.com/index.php?s=/sys/cate/12.html

FINELED offer color temperature is 1800K, 2200K, 2600K, 3000K, 4000K and 6000K as standard white CCT’s and Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Yellow, Ice blue, Golden yellow as a standard single color. Additionally, Dynamic color adjustable color from 2700-6000K, we also offer color-changing RGB, RGBW, RGBWW, RGBA and so on.

More color temperature and details, please view http://www.fine-led.com/index.php?s=/sys/cate/12.html

RGB:

Standard RGB LED strip uses a 3-in-1 LED chip made up of red, green and blue chips. It can produce a wide range of colours by mixing the three and looks almost white with all three at full brightness. RGB+W LED strip uses either a 4-in-1 LED chip that has a white chip as well as red, green and blue or an RGB chip alongside a white chip.

RGBW:

Fixtures with red, green, blue and white LEDs create vivid (warm white or cold white), bright colors. RGBW fixtures project a cool shade of white and are ideal for color mixing pastels. Add white to any standard color and adjust the saturation to achieve your client’s desired shade. In addition to creating pastels, white LEDs can be used independently so you do not have to mix colors to achieve it. Choosing the right LED combination depends on your gigs and the colors you want to achieve. Before you make your purchase, do some homework and check your books to see what colors received the most requests, ask your fellow DJ friends about their client’s requests or log onto a DJ forum and conduct your own poll. Both combinations create an enormous amount of colors — deciding on the shade of those colors is where your expertise comes in.

RGBA:

Fixtures with red, green, blue and amber LEDs create warm, rich colors. RGBA fixtures project a warm shade of white and exceptionally rich shades of gold, yellow and orange. Additionally, adding amber to standard colors broadens the color spectrum. Amber LEDs are a major benefit to RGBA fixtures because it is difficult to achieve the amber color through color mixing.

RGBCCT:

We can call also RGBWW, ingetrating RGB and warm white LED and White LED to one 5-in-1 LED creates better-quality color temperature adjustment 27600-6500K compared to RGBW, The RGBCCT led strip light is an upgraded version of the RGBW led strip. It does not have a fixed color temperature like white color light in RGBW led strip, but has two color temperature led chips, a warm white in 2600K, and a white color light in 6500K,which makes the color temperature selection in the lighting application scene more flexible. It also have RGB color changing tegher to reaches amazing lighting effect to designer.

FINELED offers non-waterproof IP20, IP65 silicon coating, P65 Nano coating, IP67 silicon tube, IP67 shrink tube, IP68 silicon tube pulsing silicone-filled, IP68 full extrusion, etc.

You can ask us which environment you want to apply and a reasoable waterproof LED strip will be recommended by our professional sales.

More types of waterproof LED strips, pls view http://www.fine-led.com/index.php?s=/sys/list/110.html.

Sometime, we need to solder a LED light strip or we need to make a joint connection between two LED light strips, following steps will help you to understand how to operate.

• 1 Cut the silicon cover together with the copper dots of LED light strip

• 2 Cut the wires to length and slide them through the head cap

• 3 Strip the wires with wire strippers

• 4 Twist and coat each wire end with solder

• 5 Solder the wires to the LED light strip

• 6 Glue a silicone end cap onto the LED light strip and sealed

• 7 Finished

LED strip lights are designed to be easy to cut apart with a pair of scissors. Each LED has a pair of copper dots at the end. As long as you cut between the dots, all of the LEDs will work. From there, you can connect the LEDs to a power source either through a quick connector or by soldering. If they are connected correctly, all of the LEDs should light up in a colorful display.

• 1 Cutting Apart LED Strips

• 2 Find the cut line on the LED’s copper dots, Cut the LED strip apart with scissors, You should be cutting between the copper dots. Line up the cut carefully to avoid damaging the LEDs

• 3 Peel back the LED’s adhesive backing 1⁄4 in (0.64 cm).

• 4 Pull the plastic bar 1⁄8 in (0.32 cm) off of the quick connector.

• 5 Align the quick connector with the LED strip and Close the plastic bar on the quick connector.

There are many ways to dim the LED strip lights, mostly welcome way are PMW, DALI, 0/1-10V and DMX512. Depending on your design on lighting wiring layout and need to see what is it from your original lighting wiring layout.

• PMW

• DALI

• 0/1-10V

• DMX512

If you’re looking to add colors or subtlety to a place, likes room, kitchen, cabinet, bed room, washroom and etc...  LEDs are a great choice. LEDs come in big rolls that you can easily set up even if you don’t have any electrical experience. A successful installation just takes a little bit of planning at first to ensure you get the right length of LEDs and a power supply to match. Then, you can connect the LEDs with purchased connectors or by soldering them together. Connectors are easier to use, but soldering is the better option for a more permanent way to join LED strips and connectors. Finish by sticking the LEDs in place through their adhesive backing, then plug them in to enjoy the ambiance they create.

• 1.Measure the area where you plan on hanging the LEDs

• 2. Check the LEDs to see what kind of voltage/current/power they require, see the product label on the LED roll package, you will know the voltage either 12V or 24V, and there is power consumption per meter or five meters. then you can figure out how much power consumption of power supply they require, pay attention to go up 15% more than the actual power you calculated. because there is a power electrical wastage normally form whole electrical wiring and power supply, divide the power consumption by the voltage to get the minimum amperes, you will get a power supply that matches your power requirements. 
• For example, LED light strip one meter is 14.4W; 5 meter = 14.4W mutiply 5 meters = 72W; 72W mutiply (72 plus 15%) = 82.8W; 82.8W devide 12V(24V)=6.9A(3.45A). so you need to match power supply of 12V/6.9A or 24V/3.45A.

• 3. Connecting LED Strips and Power Supplies.

• 4. Wash the installation point with warm water, then wipe it dry ready for stick.

• 5.then Peel the adhesive backing off and press the LEDs in place.

Yes, we have our own strong engineer teams skilled on this. we can design PCB arrangement according to customer's specification and print any of logo, CE, UL number on the PCB, We welcome all OEM and ODM orders from all over the world.

FINELED always makes the inspect very strictly to enusre the same bin color temperature for every batch of customer's order, We control it from the coming raw-materials by Spectroscopic machines and microscope.

In the meanwhile, we will use a special frosted acrylic board to double check the color temperature by our QC engineers, it is a twofold technical guarantee.

The LEDs used on our LED strips are from Epistar (1966) made in Taiwan, who is a very professional brand manufacturer that has a long lifetime 50000 hours as expected.

A part of LEDs used on our LED strips are from Samsung and Soeul, like 3535, 3030, 5630.

Many of the cheaper LED strips use LEDs which from the outside look identical to the Epistar LEDs but they are cheap Chinese copies with poor internal materials which give rise to a short lifespan. The LEDs on these cheap strips are usually mounted to a very thin circuit board with copper tracks that do not adequately dissipate the heat away from the LEDs further shortening the lifetime of the product.

Most of these LED strips are designed for short term use such as festivals and holidays. The cheap Chinese The LED strip can also have LEDs which are poorly graded for color consistency so the color along the length of the same strip can look very uneven, for example some LEDs may appear a different white color to others which can look blue or warm white in color, or LED damaged, or light attenuation, etc...

For long term use and professional installation, our LED strips are the much wider choice http://www.fine-led.com/index.php?s=/sys/list/12.html.

High effciency LED strips can reaches 140-150lm per watt, the lower output power, the higher lumensoutput, save the electrical billing.

64 LEDs = 6.4W = 960lm

128 LEDs = 12.8W =1920lm

22.4LEDS = 22.4W = 3248lm

We have the CE RoHs cerficate for European clients and also UL/CUL for the American & Canada clients. UL listing number : E487406

SDCM is an acronym which stands for Standard Deviation Colour Matching. SDCM has the same meaning as a “MacAdam ellipse”. it determines the light color of LED lights in similar color temperature. 

Peoples kept saying the lower step McAdam, the better color consistency matching.

CRI (color rendering index) is a measure of how accurately a light source illuminates objects' true colors, High-CRI LED lighting is a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting source that offers a high color rendering index (CRI). CRI is a quantitative measure of a light's ability to reproduce the colors of objects faithfully in comparison with an ideal or natural light source.

FINELED use at least Ra80 led chips to do our led strip lights. When we test by the integrating sphere machine, it usually shows Ra85+ for most of our led chips. We also use many Ra90 and Ra95 led chips for special projects. We can offer the test report for each batch of our led strip light.

With our practical action to produce the highest quality LED strip by the best raw materials and deliver to customers, FINELED attaches great importance to selecting the raw materials, know well the quality control by IQC, IPQC, FQC/OQC, more production process pls visit factory videos at http://www.fine-led.com/index.php?s=/sys/list/31.html.

PCB: we normally use 2Oz to 4Oz for better heat dissipation and set reasonable power output, the basic life of a LED strip is 50000 hours, equal to six years of continuous use, the heat dissipation arrangement is the important loop.

LED: there are so many quality levels of SMD packing suppliers in domestic, the different costs can be 50% discrepancy, visible difference located in internal wiring and gel. golden wiring Vs Metal wiring, low lumen output Vs high lumen output, etc...FINELED use 99.99 golding wiring and brand gel.

Adhesive tape in the backing: there are so many fake products instead of the original 3M adhesive tape.

Production process and quality control: Our LED strip has been implementing a compact and strict production process from the raw materials to the finished products promises to do a warranty of 5 years of continuous works.

Color Consistency: 99.99% same

Bin: The same bin number for every order

CRI: >85 basically, >90 and >95 Ra for option

SDCM: 3 steps MacAdam