Bright lights on the streets during the New Year and Christmas holidays lit up relatively recently, but today we do not even imagine these days without this merry flow of LED glow.
Electric garlands for the streets are gaining more and more popularity. And they are already decorating houses not only during holidays, but also in everyday life, seeking to attract attention to shop windows and advertising banners. And sometimes they become a detail of landscape design.
Advantages of street LED garlands
The reasons for which the LEDs have won such popularity in the market of festive garlands, a lot. They have a much longer life in comparison with incandescent lamps, are better protected from mechanical damage, consume much less electricity during operation, while they shine brighter and cleaner. Also, thanks to the parallel connection of the bulbs, if one of them fails, the entire garland will not go out.
LED garlands have many modes of operation, such as smooth firing and fading, flicker, overflow, color change, continuous glow without changes and a combination of several modes. They are controlled by a controller.
The use of such garlands in the street is possible due to the high degree of protection from particles of dust and water. Also, special insulation materials protect the garland from temperature changes, high humidity and other unfavorable factors. Usually the shell is made of silicone, PVC or rubber.
Street garlands differ from interior ones in that they have a much greater variety of shapes, sizes and colors in their work. Of course, because of the improved characteristics, these garlands cost more. But they can work at low temperatures, on which home analogues are not capable.
Features of street garland "fringe"
One of the types of outdoor LED garlands is the so-called "fringe". It looks like a long horizontal cable, from which hundreds of threads with LEDs of the same or different length hang down. The color variety of such garlands is enormous.
The length of the hanging elements can reach 1 meter. It is possible to connect several garlands to each other, but not more than 20 at the same time. By controlling the garland from the controller, you can achieve a beautiful visual effect of running light.
Apply street garlands for the facade "fringe", usually for decorating visors and cornices, hanging down from the existing protrusions. They can also be used to decorate windows , shop windows, handrails and fences. Due to the arrangement of LEDs at different heights, this garland perfectly beautifies any facade, becoming a bright element of the decoration.
Large objects can be decorated without any problems with a street garland "fringe" due to the possibility of connecting the LED tape directly to the house. Features of its design allow you to connect up to 5 garlands with one connection point. Installation work does not take much time and is easy to perform. As a result, the finished
LED street garlands "fringe" or "icicles" are great for decorating the facades of schools, kindergartens, shops and private houses. They are completely safe due to reliable insulation of contacts. A wide variety of color palette and illuminating modes makes them a very effective detail of outdoor festive decoration. However, nothing prevents using "fringe" and indoors.