In the New Year, the question of decorating the interiors of apartments, the facades of houses, shop windows, etc., becomes very urgent. Many owners of country houses also decorate their yards and gardens. And today, it's possible to perform such New Year's decor faster, easier and more spectacular thanks to the use of a street frost-resistant LED garland.
This device is one of the most popular materials for festive decoration, since such lighting allows you to decorate anything from the New Year tree to the building's facade . Garlands are different in length, power, color, shape and method of supplying current. But the main difference lies in the operating conditions: there are garlands for interior (indoor) and outdoor (outdoor) lighting. The latter put forward special requirements - they must be frost-resistant and withstand low temperatures, as well as high humidity. So, let's get acquainted with the nuances of choosing this kind of Christmas decorations.
Features of LED street lights
First, and most importantly when choosing a garland - to use it outside the premises you should buy only street models. The use of a usual garland that is not adapted to frosts will inevitably lead to sad consequences - the plastic will crack, the wires will be bare, making the New Year's decoration potentially fire hazardous.
LED, they are LED garlands, are very diverse in design. The most popular among them are yarns used for decorating a Christmas tree, a grid (they are usually hung on windows and facades), garlands in the form of icicles, curtains and fringes and many others. Trees are often decorated with garlands of the type of a clip-they have an increased level of brightness of LEDs and are performed in the form of two-wire or five-core trains. And unusual figures - deer, sleigh, Santa Claus, giant snowflakes and other festive attributes - make with the help of garlands duralight. It looks like a transparent flexible cord, inside of which there are LEDs.
As for power supplies, LED street lights can be powered by mains or batteries. Separately, it should be said about the LED street garland, which operates on a solar battery. This device is completely autonomous and requires no maintenance after installation. During the day it accumulates solar energy, and during the night "gives" its LEDs.
When choosing LED street garlands on a Christmas tree or for decorating a facade, pay attention to the following points:
- the product should not be made of cheap plastic, which inevitably splits in the cold, but from rubber or rubber - the wiring at such a garland is marked with the letters G and R respectively;
- in addition to frost resistance, street garland should also be resistant to ultraviolet and directional water flow, and may also have an additional layer of protection marked N;
- the length of the LED street garland should be sufficient for your idea: they usually have a length of 5 to 20, and some models - even up to 50 meters. You can buy one long garland or a few short ones, and put them together in a single branch with
using special connectors; - When buying LED decorations, always consider their power and permissible voltage;
- and, of course, when buying, be sure to check the technical serviceability of the product: whether all the lamps are on, how well the blinking modes and other effects work.
It is useful to know that the use of a stabilizer will help to prolong the life of an LED garland. A special need for it arises in the situation, if you often have voltage drops. By the way, in spite of such a property as frost resistance, manufacturers strictly forbid mounting the garland in a severe frost.