The difference between high power and low power LEDs

LEDs are the pointolite, different from compact fluorescent and incandescent lamps in the marketplace. The pointolite, as the name suggests, is a light source that glows evenly from a point to the surrounding space.

Generally, the specifications of most low-power LEDs are 0.1 watts, 0.2 watts, and 0.3 watts, of which a 0.3 watt LED's luminous flux reach up to 45lm. Therefore, we call the LED with a power of 0.5 watts or more as the high-power LED, of which a 0.5 watt LED can reach up to 60 lm and a 1 watt LED's maximal luminous flux is 110 lm. That is the difference in lumination between the two.

If you're looking for lighting products that apply to your house, then the low-power LEDs will be satisfactory, but in advertising lighting, outdoor lighting and other public lighting, high-power LEDs would be a better choice.

Economically, the price of high-power LEDs is commonly more expensive. High-power LEDs have higher energy consumption, higher lumination, and more heat production. In order to ensure the reliable quality and long working lifetime, LED lights manufacturers must use materials with high heat dissipation efficiency and superior quality, such as gold wires, copper-bases, highly conductive PCB and so on.

With the progress of relevant production technology, the LED with power exceeding 200 watts can be manufactured by the LED lights factory. However, the cost performance of these ultra high-power LEDs is too low to popularize. Presently, the LED strip lights with 0.5 watt LEDs is one of the top sellers LED strips, for its moderate price, high brightness, good heat dissipation, and wide applicability. The LED strips made of 0.5 watt LEDs can be applied to indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, advertisement lighting etc.