Friday, July 26, 2013

How to fix the underbody light on your lovely car?


Tips to be a hit at night~tutorial to fix the led underbody light
Underbody light is a board lighting accompany  ,playing as the underbody lamp for the 4X4  vehicle, caravan or even boat and marine.
The gallery for distinctive LED lighting from underbody
As far as the utilization in off road dri ving ,just like a common sense to offroad  enthusiasts , underbody light is essential for  the ugged trap or other trap occasions where the& nbsp;tyre situation has to be confirmed at nigh t road. 
After checking if the underbody lamp  is allowed in your state , ensure the regu lation for the color and position place ,  you may need the tutorial
for installation.
1. Wheel for sufficient mounting room ,recommend you take the left wheeling which is for the better space for ease installation.
Turn the steering for installation space
2. Locate and mark the installation  point under the chassis or other invisible areas of vehicle, the referenced fixing point  ;should be away from high- heat areas ,avoid electrical wires and fuel line. 
Mark the mounting point
3.  Drill proper mounting hole. Use the s maller bit for slow and cautious drill in  case of the mounting hole turns out to be too large to fasten the light body. And pay attention not to  drill too deep to avoid damaging the inner components. 
4.  Cover some silicone on the lamp botto m. It is not only for sticking but for anti-vibration protection according to the practical road  situation. And choose the thick silicone if possible.
Apply the silicone coat
5.  Screw up, don’t forget to select&nbs p;the mounting bolts in proper length, too long  tends to add the difficulty in fixing and  inner damage. Too short is not sufficient for mounting. 
              Screw up the LED underbody lamp
6.  Route the wiring to the battery and&n bsp;connect the toggled switch under the dash b oard. The switch make it ease to control t he underbody lighting by sitting on seat. When you are on the course of connection,  please make sure the power source box is s hut down.
7 . Turn on the electricity source, and c heck the output lighting. 
Check your result of hardwork
When you are trapped on the road to an exciting driving journey at night, the LED Underbody lightcan do you from the invisible nook, not general usage but essential preparation, you might as well bring one to promise the easy and ease on your way home or for venturing .

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

LED-dual-Camping-Light
Yellow light to keep night flying insects away.  
ALLED is launching a new patent product at market at Mid of May, which is a dual color LED Camping Light, which includes a programmed dimmer switch to adjust the light between yellow and cool white light. And the yellow lighting function is part of our patent content for this light. Some may become confused that what is the function of the yellow light. To explain it, please you may be mentioned of one situation.

If you have carefully observated your outdoor security night, you may find that insects and bugs keep circling around and around. You will find the same situation for the road light. So image the situation that if you are on camping trip at night, what is your feeling when you are boring by a set of insects? At that situation, if you have our light at hand, you are sure to be free from that hassel.

So you may ask why a light has a yellow light plus will have that effect?
To explain that, first you need to understand why insects are attracted to lights?
People may have the normal sense that insects and bugs will be attracted to lights. Actually it is not the fact, only night flying insects are attacted by lights. So why?

 
There is no single scientific explanation for this behavior, however.Some explanation may be reference.  
One saying it is that, Nigh flying insects are evolved to navigate by the light of the moon. By keeping the moon's reflected light at a constant angle, the insects can maintain a steady flight path and a straight course.
Artificial lights interfere with an insect's ability to detect the moonlight. They appear brighter, and radiate their light in multiple directions. Once an insect flies close enough to a light bulb, it attempts to navigate by way of the artificial light, rather than the moon.
moodlight
 
One explanation is that, Light is treated as the sign to seperated Up and Down for night flying insects. As most insets are living in an environment that are surrounding by plants. So for insects, this is normal sense that, it become darker when more closed to the ground. At the opposite, when higher to the sky, it become lights. Besides, for insects, their hunters are more likely to appear on the ground. So for safety consideration, they will fly higher into the sky. At this sense, the light will be the sign of the high position. So it will be one explanation for reason that insects will be attracted by lights.

 
Actually not all lights will attract insects. Some kind of light radiatioin attracts insects, while some not. Insects are sensitive to a broad spectrum of light ranging from ultraviolet(UV) to red. Color sensitivity in UV spectrum plays an important role in navigation in flying and terrestrial invertebrate animals. Behavioral and electrophysiological experiements found that the insect eye responds to ultraviolet irradiation. This response leads to several different reactions. When insects are exposed to light, they may go toward or keep away from the source of illumination. For example, many insects forage at twilight when blue dominate the irradiance spectrum the sky.
 
A LED is a semiconductor lighting source. Originally, LEDs were introduced as a practical electronic component in 1962 and early LEDs emitted low-intnesity red light. However, modern version are available across the visible, ultraviolet and infrared wavelenghts, with very high bright light.
Based on our knowledge of insect vision and colors across the visible spectrum, it can be assumed that if the LED light emission is towards the higher end of visible spectrum(>550nm), it may be out of the range of vision of most insects. However if the LED light is within the range you can assure that it is visible by insects.
 




 

Add an LED Awning Light to your RV

LED Awning Light, LED Annex Lamp wiring
Add an LED Awning Light to your RV

Adding an awning light to your awning will extent your exterior camping activities scope at night. During the daytime, an awning provides shelter for sun or rain protection, while at night; you can enjoy a BBQ campfire with your family under the awning. But an awning light is needed to illuminate your activity scope.

At market, there is a wide range of choice of Awning light. Except the traditional awning/ annex light, LED Flexible Strip Light can also be used as awning illumination while it has the advantages of dimmable and remote controlled. LED Camping Light can be used for awning applications if you place a great requirement on brightness level. Actually adding an awning light to your RV is quite flexible. As which kind of light to choose, it is determined by the purpose for your awning light and affected by the length or construction of your awning. So before purchasing an awning light, ask youself a few questions, how long is my awning? If I purchase a LED Light ribbon, do I need to cut it apart? Do I need sufficient illumination so that I can cook exteriorly or play cards with my family?

As one of ALLED lighting store’s famous product is a 40 degrees downward illumination LED Awning Light, here we make a step by step installation demo for awning light installation.

Step1, Mark the location where the light is to be installed. Pull the wire from the car battery to the marked location. Cut a hole for wires to go through at your vehicle with an electrical drill. The hole should be large enough for bushings to go through.
Attention: Cut the electricity OFF at the main electrical panel before you do the wiring.


Image2 shows the electrical wire connection from the inside of the vehicle.




Step3, prepare the awning light. Open the package, then you can see one piece of LED Awning Light and the provided screws. Wire the light.

Step4, Screwing the light to fix it.
Before doing that, do not forget to clean the surface of the vehicle for a good appearance. Detach the caps on both ends of the awning light, and then you can see the screwing holes. Fix the light by surface mounting it. Then put back the caps to conceal the screws.
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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Radio Interference

Radio Interference created by transformer in LED Light application

Radio Interference

A Customer has purchased 1X12V 300mm LED Touch Switch Strip Light in May, 2012. Since our Light is only used on 12V DC, the customer has purchased a transformer. He installed them under cabinet light in kitchen of RV. All the items worked very well for quite a long time. But one day, when he was hearing the pop music and washing the dishes, all of a sudden the LED Touch Switch Strip Light stopped working. The customer checked all the wires in RV and did everything what he could, but they still didn`t want to work. So he sent the items back to us. At first we tried to exchange the light and the transformer, but it did not work at all, then we checked again and found out it is a problem of Radio Interference. After fixing the transformer, all the items start working again.
Our LED Strip Light has a programmed touch switch, the transformer produces the Radio Interference, which will disturb the working of our light when it reaches to a value.

Please be notice that before you buy it to avoid any unneccessory touble

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

LED Dome Light with mood ambiance function

Light sometimes not just produces illumination; it can also be used to create certain ambiance atmosphere.
Candle light plays an important effect at home decorative. Candle light plays a good role when mood ambiance lighting is needed. When setting the mood for a romantic evening, to celebrate special occasions, or just relax yourselves at a weekend evening, lit up a candle light can be a plus under that situation.

LED Flexible Strip Light, which is not only used as cove lighting, sign lighting, it also play a good role at mood light application, especially at RV, marine environment. It can be mounted under cabinets, below mirrors to create an amazing clearance light.

Except two kind of lights mentioned above, in the market, there are also a varied of choice. As a mood light, they often combine with the following characteristics: dim, available in different color choice or color changing function, sometimes can be remote controlled. LED, as a new generation lighting technology, it has a variety of advantage over traditional lighting source. It is available is different color, energy efficient, low heat risk which reduces the risk of fire.

Some lights in the market, it is a combination of general illumination and mood light, this kind of lamp is often equipped with some kind of light adjustment mechanism, PWM for example. In 2013, ALLED also launch a new kind of LED light which combine the function of genera illumination and mood light.

This LED Dome Light includes one kind of dimming mechanism, wherein the dimming mechanism allows a user to control the working order of different LED chips array inside the circuit board which enable the light to adjust from special blue mood light to different brightness level cool white light.

The working principle of this LED Dome Light is as followed.
First press: Blue LED Chips activated, blue mood light ON.
Second press: Cool white LED activated, first phase cool white light ON while Blue light Off.
Third press: Maximum cool white light ON.
Fourth press: The light will be turn OFF.
If you are still separating different function light, why not have a try at one which combines with different function.

How to choose LED Domestic Bulb

Although LED lights are placing great penetration into market, not everyone know exactly how to choose a right LED Domestic Bulb.? Normal customer will feel confuse how to read the label of a light product. This article aims to give you some information to be a smart customer.
First,which data determine the brightness level of the light, wattage or lumens? Normal customer has the misunderstanding that high wattage indicates the higher brightness level. Actually it is not the fact. When you are purchasing a light, in fact you are purchasing the Luminous flux, so look into the data of Lumens per wattage on the label.
When purchasing a new light, a majority of customer will take reference of the old light which needs to be placed. The brightness level can be calculated by multiplying the wattages data of the old bulb by the lumens per wattage. Then take reference of this data and to purchase the corresponding LED replacement bulb.
Different lighting sources have different illumination efficiency. You can have a look at the form below.

Lighting source
Illumination efficiency (lumens per wattage)
Incandescent bulb 15
Fluorescent 20-25
LED 20 or more

Then, many people have the question, the LED lights claims to be energy efficient, but not know how to calculate its power consumption.
Multi the wattage of the fixture by the cost of electricity in cents per kilowatt hour, then divide by 1000 to get the cost per hour. Take our LED 240V 6W LED B22 Warm White Globe for example, its wattage data is 6W. Then its cost per hour is 6W* 25 cents per kilowatt-hour/1000= 0.15 cents. That is to said, it creates 0.15 cents electricity bills per hour.
You can also taking considering with the purchasing cost of a bulb. Also take the LED 240V 6W LED B22 Warm White Globe for example, you purchase one at $25.14, then its service life is 30,000hrs. Here introduce a concept of depreciation which means the allocation of the cost of assets to periods in which the assets are used. So the depreciation rate of this LED Domestic Bulb is $25.14/30,000= $0.000838=0.0838cents. That is to say, a LED 6W B22 Domestics bulb would cost 0.15 cents of electricity cost and 0.0838 cents purchasing cost per, which equivalent to 0.23 cents per hours.