How to install LED strip and power supply

LED strip, also known as led tape light, is one of the most popular linear decorative lighting fixtures for homes, shops, supermarkets, hotels, etc. Due to most of the LED strips' input voltage is 12V DC or 24V DC, they can't be directly connected to the 110V AC or 220V AC. So we need a power supply to transfer the high voltage AC to low voltage DC. Now let's see how to install LED strip and power supply.

Please note that the power must be cut off before installation to avoid the risk of electric shock.

1. Power supply wiring

Here is a typical power supply which inputs 100V to 220V AC and outputs 12V DC. As you can see from the picture below, the first and second interfaces are the high voltage input, and the third interface is the ground electrode. The first step is to connect the power cord to the input ends and tighten them with the screwdriver.

Install Power Supply

 2. LED strip wiring
In general, the red wire is the anode of the LED strip and the black wire is the cathode, which should be connected to V+ and V- of the output ends of power supply accordingly. The colors of the wires of the LED strip may be different from the different models or suppliers.

Install LED Light Strip

Power on, the LED strip will be lit up. If the LED strip does not work, it may be the wires are reversed, we can reverse two wires of the LED strip and try again.

Lit Up

Above is the simple installation and connection of the regular single-color LED strip light and power supply.

Shenzhen Mailederun Technology Co., Ltd. (MLDR®) is a professional LED strip lights manufacturer in China, supplying all kinds of LED strips and accessories.

LED Strip Backlight for advertising fabric light boxes

Ultra-thin advertising light boxes

Backlight LED light strip is designed as the backlit light source for thin advertising light boxes with a thickness of 3 to 15cm. MLDR®, a China's lighting company, introduced the MFS3030 series of LED backlit strip in 2017. After years of development, there are a variety of specifications of MFS3030 backlit LED strip lights, such as input voltage (12V and 24V DC) and colors (cool white, white, warm white, red, green, blue, etc.).

Fabric ceiling

MFS3030 series LED strip lights are made of high thermal conductivity PCB, high bright SMD 3030 LED, and the high transparent lenses. Thanks to its ultra-wide beam angle of 175 degrees, the MFS3030 backlight strips are able to achieve better light efficiency than conventional LED strips in fewer numbers in ultra-thin light boxes. Without a doubt, the cost of the project will decrease as the number of LED strips is reduced. With the increasing demand for outdoor advertising light boxes, the IP65 waterproof LED strip backlight come into being.

Not only in the field of the backlit lightbox, but MFS3030 LED strip backlight is also used in the fabric ceilings, fake windows, signboards and so on.

How to develop in the future in the era of LED healthy lighting

LED healthy lighting has been proposed by the market in 2015 for three years. In the past two years, LED healthy lighting is still in its infancy.

With the continuous advancement and popularization of technology, the number of manufacturers involved in healthy lighting has increased in 2018, and a lot of traditional LED strip suppliers have gradually joined the camp. With the further improvement of technology and further cost reduction, LED lighting will quickly enter the era of healthy lighting.

LED health lighting refers to the light emitted by LED products that do not cause harm to the human body, especially for eyes. However, most of the LED strip factories are more focus on improving light efficiency and reducing costs. Some inferior products, short-wave blue light specific gravity, which will lead to visual fatigue, causing vision loss.

Illumination has expanded into the field of non-visual biological effects. Many studies have shown that the non-visual effect of light, the light perceived by the ganglion cells of the retina can affect the release of melatonin, sleep, and biorhythm at night. In other words, the influence of light on humans is not only the influence of the direct visual sensory system but also on other non-visual sensory systems.

2835 Full spectrum LED strip lights

Sunlight is the most suitable and most comfortable light source for human beings. The current LED health lighting is also the maximum imitating natural light. At present, there are two ways to reach the full-spectrum light source in the market. The first is a blue chip to stimulate the phosphor, and the other one is a violet chip to stimulate the RGB multi-color phosphor. The R2835FS series of LED strip lights launched by MLDR CO., LTD., its spectrum is very close to the natural spectrum.

LED healthy lighting is not only the manufacture of LED lights but also the study of the relationship between light and human health.
Although there is still a long way to go, with the close cooperation of various area, LED health lighting will have a great future. For LED strip manufacturers, more attention should be paid to the development of LED healthy lighting.