Outdoor LED lights

In the modern world, an increasing number of people turn to energy-saving technologies. Gradually, the world abandons incandescent and sodium gas-discharge lamps, giving preference to LED lighting for street lighting. They are installed on the highway, in tunnels, parks, squares, in private areas.

Outdoor LED lights for cottages find their application both for lighting and for decorating landscape design. With their help, you can save money, while creating fascinating effects on your site. For example, the light frame of fountains , pools, paths, curbs, flower beds , etc. looks very beautiful.

Advantages and disadvantages of outdoor LED lights

Speaking of street lighting, we mean architectural lighting, lighting roads, squares, houses and other outdoor areas. Among the undeniable advantages of using LED lighting sources:

  1. Saving money for electricity. Lamps with LED lamps consume it several times less. In addition, you will avoid overloading the power grid, which will save on its repairs and maintenance.
  2. Long service life. Even with the continuous use of such luminaires, their service life is more than 10 years. If they work only at night, then they will serve up to 25 years.
  3. Strength. The LED street lamp is waterproof and is not afraid of the negative impact of the environment. Its body has such a design that neither dirt, nor water, nor bird feces become an obstacle to cooling and normal operation of the luminaire.
  4. Reliability. Street LED lights not only have anti-vandal resistance, but also fireproof, explosive stability. They do not flicker during operation, they have a high contrast of the light flux, they work absolutely silently.
  5. Excellent color rendition. In addition to promoting a good concentration, which is important on the routes for drivers, they have proven therapeutic properties.
  6. Ecological cleanliness. LED lamps do not contain mercury and its derivatives, therefore do not require special disposal.
  7. Ease of installation. Installing LED lights is easy, you do not need to have special skills.

Among the shortcomings of outdoor LED lights:

  1. A high price, which, however, pays off over time due to energy savings.
  2. Exposure to thermal degradation. For normal operation of the fixture, he needs a quality heat dissipation.
  3. Sensitivity to voltage drops. Due to malfunctions, the case and elements may overheat and the luminaire out of order.

Types of outdoor LED lights

In place, outdoor LED light fixtures are most often wall-mounted (built-in and overhead) and ground. The first are used as architectural facade lighting, and the latter can play the role of highlighting tracks, decorative elements of landscape design, and so on.

On the power supply, all street LED lights are divided into electrical and those that work on solar panels. The second type is completely mobile and energy-efficient option, because it feeds exclusively on the energy of the sun's rays.

The shape of a street LED light can be anything, whether it's a ball floating in the water or a built-in rectangle in the ground, a high-beam spotlight or a flexible ruler with a lot of LEDs. The main thing is the correct organization of lighting and the calculation of the required capacity.