Blog

Lighting has the power to transform any space, setting the mood and enhancing both functionality and aesthetics. Whether you're looking to create a cosy ambience in your living room, add task lighting to your kitchen, or modernise your office workspace, LED strip lights for home and office offer the perfect solution. If you're searching for LED lighting in Sydney, you'll find a variety of options to suit your needs, ensuring both style and efficiency.

But with so many choices available, how do you select the best LED strip lights for your space? This guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider, from LED strip light installation to choosing the right type for your specific environment. By the end, you'll be equipped with all the knowledge to make an informed decision, ensuring a seamless blend of aesthetics, energy efficiency, and durability.

LED Strip Lights For Home

Before beginning the process of choosing LED strip lights, you should understand why these lights have become so popular for home and office use in Australia.

Now that we understand the advantages of LED strip lights, we can select the most suitable options for your home and office spaces.

Understanding LED Strip Lights Types

Selecting LED strip lights types begins with learning about the various LED strip light types available in the market. Different types of LED strips are designed for specific functions so selecting the right one for your space becomes essential.

1. Single-Colour LED Strips

These strips provide consistent light output in fixed colours which include options like warm white, cool white, daylight, and various other colors. Their fixed colour output makes single-colour LED strips the perfect choice for basic lighting needs in homes and offices that require one uniform light shade.

2. RGB (Red, Green, Blue) LED Strips

RGB strips enable colour changes and dynamic lighting effects to be achieved. Accent lighting and entertainment spaces like home theatres and gaming rooms benefit greatly from these lights.

3. RGBW (Red, Green, Blue, White) LED Strips

RGBW LED Strips function as a superior model of RGB strips that include an extra white LED to enable both full-colour displays and white light output. These strips function well in spaces that need both colourful and neutral light options.

4. Smart LED Strips

Smart LED strip lights contain Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity that lets you manage them through smartphone apps or voice commands and remote controls. Tech-savvy users who want automated lighting solutions will find these LED strips perfect for their needs.

5. High-Density LED Strips

These strips contain more LEDs in each meter which results in brighter and more evenly distributed light. These lighting options work perfectly in office spaces and kitchens as well as any other task-based environment.

The intended application of lighting determines which type of LED strip lights you should choose. LED strips offer a dual function where RGB strips serve mood lighting, and high-density or single-colour strips meet task lighting needs.

Brightness and Colour Temperature

The brightness level, when quantified in lumens, needs to correspond to the intended use of the room. Ambient lighting needs 300-600 lumens per metre, but task lighting requires between 800-1200 lumens per metre.

Colour temperature is another key aspect:

How to Choose Optimal LED Strip Lights for Office Spaces

Office lighting that is properly implemented increases productivity while reducing eye fatigue and establishing a professional environment. Consider these factors when selecting LED strip lights for office environments:

1. Brightness and Efficiency

Effective office performance depends on environments that are sufficiently illuminated. Choose LED strips that provide high brightness levels of 800 to 1200 lumens for each metre of length.

2. Colour Temperature

3. Flicker-Free Technology

Select LED strips with flicker-free technology to prevent eye strain and headaches during extensive work periods.

4. Professional Aesthetics

Recessed LED strips provide an elegant and contemporary appearance by disappearing into office design. Smart LED strips allow for the creation of dynamic work environments.

LED Strip Lights Installation

The straightforward installation process makes LED strips a popular choice for many applications. Here’s a simple step-by-step guide:

Step 1: Measure and Cut the Strips

Determine the necessary length of the LED strips before cutting them at their designated points.

Step 2: Prepare the Surface

Proper adhesion requires the installation surface to be cleaned and dried before placing the LED strips.

Step 3: Attach the LED Strips

Remove the adhesive backing from the strip before pressing it securely onto the installation surface.

Step 4: Connect to a Power Source

The LED strip needs to be connected to an appropriate power adapter and controller when required.

Step 5: Test and Adjust

Illuminate the area using the lights and examine their brightness distribution. Adjust the settings as needed.

To achieve a professional look, use aluminium channels that will house LED strips and deliver a sleek, polished appearance.

The best places to purchase LED strip lights throughout Australia can be found where quality and service meet to provide excellent lighting solutions, like Empire of Light.

Final Thoughts

To select the best LED strip lights, you need to evaluate several factors, including the type of LED strip lights as well as their brightness levels, colour temperature and installation needs. LED strip lights provide an adaptable and energy-saving lighting solution for both home ambience enhancement and office productivity improvement.

Purchasing premium LED strips from Empire of Light ensures durable performance along with excellent aesthetics and customised lighting solutions for your space. Illuminate your area right now and discover how LED lighting can revolutionise your space!

COB Linear Lighting the market demand for LED light source performance gradually increases, the pursuit of high quality, high luminous efficacy, high cost performance, the emergence of flip-chip COB light source appropriately meets this kind of market demand.

COB LED strip is a kind of LED flex strip that the flip-chip is directly fixed on the flex FPC, which directly encapsulates flip-chip as lighting application with different color and color temperature without the bracket and gold wire needed for LED encapsulation.

The combination of SMT technology and LED encapsulation technology is conducive to realize full automation and high efficiency of production line.

welded on FPC

The chip is directly welded on FPC, which has low thermal resistance and good heat dissipation, without the influence of the silver plating layer of the bracket, and the problems of vulcanization and oxidation are solved.

Without the gold wire, the product will not be affected by the damp, high temperature, and the risk of the dead LED bead caused by broken gold wire, so as to achieve high reliability, high life of the product.

Flip-chip COB light source is one of the development trends in the next few years.

Cerian is manufacturer complete COB full-automatic production line, Cerian has absolute lead in COB product research and development, quality control and production process for australian market.

COB linear lighting LED strip production line of Cerian is rich in combination, we can provide customized services. Specific features of the product as follow:

With the gradual maturity of LED COB Flexible Strip light technology, users have higher and higher requirements for the stability and reliability of LED lighting products. Under the same conditions, it is even more required that products can achieve better energy efficiency, lower energy consumption, and more competitive product prices. Based on market demand, COB lighting products have emerged, becoming a hot product in the LED lighting application market and are favoured by users and designers. Compared with the SMD patch packaging of conventional LED light strips, COB light strips are flexible light strips that directly solidify the inverted chips on flexible FPCs, eliminating the brackets and gold wires required for LED packaging, and directly encapsulating them into lighting applications of different colours and temperatures.

Advantages COB Flexible Light Belt Products

Because the COB light strip is directly welded to the FPC flexible board, the substrate directly dissipates heat, which can reduce the advantages of good heat resistance and heat dissipation; the influence of the silver plating layer without bracket solves problems such as vulcanisation and oxidation, and can also reduce the production process and cost; without gold wire, the product will not be pulled under high temperature after moisture. Breaking the gold wire causes the risk of dead lights, thus achieving high reliability and long life. With the continuous maturity of COB light belt production technology and the continuous improvement of the supporting industrial chain, the performance of COB light belt is stable and reliable, which will stand out in the huge LED lighting market and become one of the future development trends of LED lighting.

Comparison between COB flexible light strip product structure and conventional light strip

Cerian has been deeply engaged in the LED lighting subdivision industry for more than 5 years, and has always adhered to innovative technology and updated products. It has a strong R&D team, a number of authoritative authorised laboratories and basic application laboratories to ensure quality and quality. 

1. Linear luminescence, uniform continuity, no light spots; wider application range, stronger adaptability, better effect.
2. The linear light source has a large light angle of up to 140 °, and the luminous surface angle can reach 180 °.
3. It adopts COB inversion process, which is anti-vulcanisation and antioxidation.
4. High-profile finger, CRI>90, high colour consistency, softer luminous surface.
5. The substrate directly dissipates heat, with low thermal resistance, better heat dissipation efficiency, less light attenuation and longer service life.
6. The product line series is rich, including monochrome, two-colour and RGB series, which can be matched with various thickness profiles at will and apply various scenarios; cooperate with various controllers to achieve various intelligent effects.

 Cerain COB flexible light belt products are positioned at the middle and high end, with high display fingers, CRI≥90, mainly promoting 8 mm and 10mm widths, with 320 lamps, 512 lamps and 720 lamps per metre. The colour temperature is complete and there are rich categories, except for the main colour temperature of 2700K, 3000K, 4000K, In addition to 6500K, there are also red, green, blue monochrome light, two-colour temperature, RGB and other categories. Because of its unique technical advantages, COB light belt products can be widely used in commercial lighting, linear lighting and mid-to-high-end prop display lighting, such as main lighting or decorative lighting in hotels, shopping malls, supermarket chains, homes and other places.

As we all know, commercial places have high requirements for lighting products, such as display, illumination, colour temperature, lighting effect, etc., and COB light sources meet the above needs well because of their unique technical advantages. The COB lamp belt is linearly luminous, continuous and uniform, which solves the spot problem well and caters to the application needs of key lighting in commercial places. Due to the long-term use of lighting products in commercial places, the heat dissipation capacity of lighting products is relatively high, while COB light belt products have direct heat dissipation, with low thermal resistance and better heat dissipation efficiency.

Linear lighting plays an important visual guidance role in space, has hinting significance in modelling, and leads people's attention to the route of space design. COB light strips have the advantages of linear luminescence, continuous uniformity, no light spots and high colour consistency. With simple types of materials, various fashionable and simple shapes and light and shadow effects can be built, highlighting the ultimate beauty of linear lighting! The COB light source has high index, high light efficiency, and stable product performance, which has become a linear lighting source favoured by designers.

The lighting of display props such as window exhibition cabinets should not only have aesthetics, but also carry out visual enhancement of goods and set off the atmosphere. Therefore, when designing decorative lighting, the lighting should be clearly structured and expressive; at the same time, average and single brightness should be avoided. In addition, with different commodity displays, lighting should pay attention to the coordination of colour temperature. The sunrise COB light belt has linear luminescence, uniform continuity, no shadow, and the COB light source has high finger display and high lighting efficiency. It can match various profiles to meet the needs of various scenes and realise various display prop lighting applications. It can be matched with various control systems to realise scene intelligence.

According to the application environment space, reference material and design style, the COB light belt product category can be selected accordingly. Monochrome temperature, two-colour temperature, RGB, etc. can be selected for different scene needs, or the control system can be matched to achieve diversified dynamic lighting effects and scene intelligent control. Generally, warm colours are often used in homes, hotels, entertainment and leisure spaces, and slightly cold colours are often used for sunpox wall dark slots in office and commercial spaces.

Before installing the lamp belt, please clean the installation surface of the structural dark groove or profile to keep the installation surface clean without dust or dirt, so as not to affect the paste of the light belt.

During installation, sharp and sharp hard objects or high-temperature objects should be avoided from triggering the surface of the colloid in the light area, so as not to damage the colloidal body, causing bad results and affecting the luminous effect.

When installing the light strip, the length of the lamp belt needed to be installed should be measured on the spot. When it needs to be cropped, the extra light strip should be cut along the COB lamp strip welding pad labelling line. If you need to add connecting wires, please weld them at the welding pad mark at the shearing place.

When pasting the light strip, remove the edge of the shape paper on the back and paste it. It is strictly forbidden to tear off all the release paper at a time to avoid sticking to each other.

When installing the light strip, pay attention to the contact between the cutting and incision of the light strip and the bottom of the profile to avoid short circuit. When installing the light belt around the corner, it is strictly forbidden to fold it into right angles, and it is strictly forbidden to bend directly on the profile metre.

The light strip is generally powered by DC12V / 24V (DC). When choosing a power source driver, choose the right power supply according to the length of the lamp strip that needs to be installed. The total power of the light strip driven by each power supply should be less than 80% of the rated power supply.

After the light strip is installed, the light strip conductor is connected to the power output end. Do a good job in insulation, anti-short circuit and anti-corrosion treatment at the terminal and end.

According to the particularity of LED luminous flux measurement, unique optimization is adopted in the design of the integrating sphere for LED measurement combined with the diffuse materials of high reflectivity, which makes the system stability and accuracy have great improvement. The experimental results show that the system stability and consistency is much higher than other common LED test system. It is the system which is really suitable for LED optical parameters measurement.

Different with the traditional light source, the luminous flux measurement of LED light source has posed a big challenge to the equipment in testing the veracity in the process of using the integrating sphere to test luminous flux. On one hand, compared with the traditional light source, usually, LED has much stronger directivity, and will not shine evenly in whole space. This feature makes the distribution of LED direct light in the surface of the integrating sphere uneven

This uneven distribution will cause the direct light of different LED has different reflection features of the detector. Because the position of the detector mouth and the position of the baffle are fixed, the direct performance of various reflection distributions is signal fluctuation. In the ordinary testing system, there exist the differences in LED of different positive divergence angle, the same LED of different placed direction, the same direction with different position. Even the rated luminous flux is the same; the actual measured value is different. Based on the customer’s verification result, the effect of LED placed direction of ordinary LED test system on the luminous flux measurement result is always more than 50 % (the difference of the maximum signal and minimum signal of the same LED measured in different direction).

Different lighting angle has different effect on LED measurement

When measuring the different lighting angle of different LEDs, since the distribution difference of the surface of the inside integrating sphere makes the distribution of the direct reflection have different effect on the detector, it directly affects the difference of the accuracy of the measurement

he inside reflection characteristic of the integrating sphere is one of the crucial factors that make the LED directivity have the impact on the measurement accuracy. In the ordinary LED test system, the reflectivity and the Lambert character of the integrating sphere surface coating are not ideal. One reason is the low reflectivity, and the other reason is the poor diffuse characteristics. The result of the integrating sphere surface of low reflectivity is that the direct light of LED gradually attenuates after few times of reflection. However, during the whole process of mixing light, the direct irradiation light and reflection light have held a very large proportion, which has made a leading role. And in some conditions, low reflectivity materials will cause strong shadow effect on the back of the baffle probe. However, it is the straight reflected light and shadow effect that leads to the inaccurate measurement.

Moreover, lower diffuse reflectivity will seriously affect the attenuation of the signal. Since the light has been reflected for many times in the integrating sphere during the process of the light measurement, each reflection will cause certain attenuation, but the impact of the reflectivity degree on the light intensity has been strengthened after many-times reflection. For example, the reflected light has been reflected for 15 times in the integrating sphere, if there is 5% difference between their reflectivity, the signal attenuation may exceed more than doubled. Actually, the reflectivity difference in the integrating sphere is far more than this.

The current LED test system has not been used as the standard LED for the standard light source. In the process of measurement, we still choose to use the standard halogen tungsten lamp with stable driver as the standard light source. Since there is a big difference in the external structure between the standard lamp and the measuring LED, including the light absorption effect of LED holder and the difference between the standard lamp installation position and LED installation position, all these are the important factors that affect the accuracy of the test result.

The colour temperature a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of a colour comparable to that of the light source. Colour temperature is a characteristic of visible light that has important applications in lighting, photography, videography, publishing, manufacturing, astrophysics, horticulture, and other fields. In practice, colour temperature is meaningful only for light sources that do in fact correspond somewhat closely to the radiation of some black body, light in a range going from red to orange to yellow to white to blueish white; it does not make sense to speak of the colour temperature of, a green or a purple light. Colour temperature is conventionally expressed in kelvins, using the symbol K, a unit of measure for absolute temperature.

Colour temperatures over 5000 K are called "cool colours" (bluish), while lower colour temperatures (2700–3000 K) are called "warm colours" (yellowish). "Warm" in this context is an analogy to radiated heat flux of traditional incandescent lighting rather than temperature. The spectral peak of warm-coloured light is closer to infrared, and most natural warm-coloured light sources emit significant infrared radiation. The fact that "warm" lighting in this sense actually has a "cooler" colour temperature often leads to confusion.

The CIE 1931 chromaticity space, also showing the chromaticity of black-body light sources of various temperatures, and lines of constant correlated colour temperature.

The colour temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates

Importance of choosing the right lighting for your home: Selecting the proper lighting for your home from the best Australian lighting supplier is crucial. This is because the light is the key contributor to the ambience of your home you want to set. Lighting allows you to appreciate the overall setting of a room fully. Proper lighting is vital to portray a well-designed and inviting atmosphere.

If you feel overwhelmed to choose lights for your house with the so many options available, don't worry. Here we have provided an ultimate lights online Australia to choose light fixtures for your home. 

Starting with the RCM mark, this signals that the product has been tested to all relevant Australian Safety Standards and EMC, to ensure the product delivers its designed safety performance. In addition, when thermal insulation batts are installed in the ceiling cavity, look out for the IC rating label to ensure the product is suitable for such an application. All of CERIAN products are registered and match Australian standards 

Retail shopping is all about the LOOK.

So, when asked for a recommendation for the general consumer commercial lighting, Empire of Light immediate choice for your lighting products such as: Frameless downlight, adjustable hole cut-out 70-205mm, 180 beam angles, tri-colour, Lifud constant current driver, aluminium +03 PC  

We supply only the latest architectural quality LED lighting both nationally and internationally from our warehouse in Bonnyrigg.  quality products and accessories in our state warehouse. We encourage you to inspect our quality LED lights  

LED downlights are the perfect long lasting lighting solution because they provide you as a homeowner with many benefits. Using these lights, you can get a longer lasting energy solution the light-emitting diode (LED). The reason why LED lighting is so much more efficient is because you will save money using this form of lighting. LED lights do not emit the same amount of energy as what traditional fluorescent lighting does. How would you like to save a little money on your power bill this year, and every year after that?

That is what is at stake here. Not only is LED lighting a more efficient solution for your power consumption but it still provides a great amount of light just as a fluorescent light would. If that is not enough to convince you of the benefits of this form of lighting then consider that there is also less maintenance with them. They do not need replacing as often as fluorescent lights so that means less work for you.

LED CERIAN downlights also look great. The great thing about these lights is that they have the flexibility of changing their appearance. They can do more than just literally brighten up any room within your home because they also look great too. They have that aesthetic look that is perfect for a variety of higher-end Australian architectural markets. Here at Empire of light, we are the experts for a wide range of LED lighting solutions. We firmly believe that LED’s are going to be the way of the future when it comes to superior lighting. In fact, there are many benefits that you get from using LED’s compared to other lighting. See all the benefits of LEDs here

CRI is the measurement of light in relation to how the lighting affects the appearance of colour in the surrounding area. The range has a direct correlation to the ‘temperature’ of a light also it’s effect on everything around it.

The Colour Rendering Index & Lighting

The type of light bulb you use in your home could have a profound effect on the way a room looks. This is often attributed to something known as the colour rendering index. Also referred to as CRI, this index measures the ability of a light source to reveal colours of objects in contrast to a natural light source, such as the sun filtering in through your windows.

This range can also depend on the "temperature" of the light. For example, lighting temperatures can range from infrared light to the kind coming from a skylight, all the way to ultraviolet light. Ideally, you want to use lighting that will best illuminate each room depending on your needs.

Understanding the Colour Rendering Index Chart

Every type of lighting has its place on what's known as the colour rendering index chart. This chart measures a scale from 0 to 100, depending on how accurately it can produce light that matches a naturally referenced light source, such as the sun.

In general, bulbs at the higher end of the scale will produce a more accurate colour rendering of the objects around it. This can be vital for use in things like photography or lighting used in a museum setting. But it can also affect you and your home. It's best to choose bulbs that will make your surroundings clear, bright, and as close to how they would appear in an outdoor, natural setting.

Once you’ve experienced even a taste of what smart lighting can do, you’ll never look back. Besides the endless lighting opportunities it gives you (with up to 60 million colour options in one globe!), it also makes life so much easier and has a huge effect on your general health and well-being by allowing you to switch up the mood of a room to complement your activities.

CERIAN New way of our lighting future - control, you can control your Smart Home Lighting with your phone by WiFi or Bluetooth via an app.  lights with one click. Or using voice control via Alexa, google home, and Siri. Discover the magic of transforming an entire room. and when you are home, choose the right light setting to help you concentrate better or relax after a tough day. It's time be smart with your lighting and upgrade your home to smart LED lights today!

Our lighting specialists have put together a list of their recommendations that are easy to use, and easy to install. After all, the whole point of smart lighting is convenience, which is why our team is available to answer any questions you may have about it. We recommend starting with the basics:

• Discover a whole range of CERIAN lighting.
• Replace your existing downlight with smart downlight that’s offer special light for every room in your home.
• CERIAN downlights are easy and simple to install. It only takes a few minutes to set up and you don't have to rewire your home. You can change of 16 million colour + cool white + warm white also you can add motion sensors, switches for more options of control. 

Our expert Sales Team, have excellent technical knowledge of our products and are experts in product application recommendations including; control system integration, dimming, RGBW, and DMX Dali interfacing.