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Monday, May 27th 2013
LED Cabinet Lights
Barbie dolls to rare first editions, model trains to Dresden figurines, 45 rpm vinyl records to ancient Egyptian artifacts: the treasures we keep are displayed in cabinets. LED cabinet lights make the most of showing our treasures off; and do not contribute to material fading, since LED cabinet lights do not emit ultra-violet light. LED Cabinet lights come in bars, halogen replacement fixtures, individual LED’s and flexible strips. Whether it’s lighting up an entire compartment, picking out one special object, drawing attention to individual features, illuminating book and album titles, or adding color changing lights just to be pretty, there are LED cabinet lights just right for the purpose.
Light bars are the most familiar looking, similar in appearance to the small fluorescent fixtures used in cabinet lighting for years. Some light bars mount directly to the cabinet; others use spring clips or even magnets. LED light bars are good at lighting an entire compartment. Spot lighting has long been done with halogen lights. LED Halogen replacement bulbs also look very similar to their older cousins; but they provide clear, focused light with none of the scorching heat of the halogen. Halogen replacement LED cabinet lights spotlight objects on a shelf while staying cool enough to remove with bare fingers.
The most innovative LED cabinet lights are flexible LED strips. This lighting system is flexible both literally (it can be folded to make a 90° turn) and figuratively; it has a multitude of uses. LED flexible strip has either 30 or 60 LED’s in each meter (3 feet 3 inches), and can be cut every 4” (30 LPM) or 2” (60 LPM). With a bit of planning, flex strip can be used to front light, backlight, indirect light, or floodlight a compartment. Flex strip also comes in RGB (red, green, blue) color changing lights. Combined with a color controller, RGB strip adds a dynamic, eye-catching light show to a cabinet.
For more pragmatic applications, LED bars and flexible strip provide excellent illumination of book, DVD, or CD titles and other written material. LED cabinet lights also light up the controls on stereos and other electronic equipment; photo, coin and stamp albums; and any other material. LED cabinet lights also work well for cove and alcove lighting, display cases, and jewelry cases.
LED’s have many advantages, besides shedding far less heat. LED’s last many times as long as incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescents (CFL). Where CFL’s contain small amounts of mercury, LED’s have no toxic materials. And, of course, LED cabinet lights use a fraction of the energy of other lights, half that of even efficient CFL’s.
The cabinets that display our treasures deserve the best lights, whether flood or spot, direct or indirect. Efficient, safe, and with endless creative possibilities, LED cabinet lights show off displays in the very best light.
Contributor: Joel Zenzic
Posted by: Mary Wecker
By Mary at 9:46:45 PM
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