Why it has to be LED
Hardware that stays up year round faces a harder test than hardware that lives in a box eleven months a year. That rules out the bulbs that go in a tub in January. LEDs generate almost no heat and have nothing fragile inside, which is what makes leaving them up a reasonable idea at all.You do not have to follow the technical side to make a good decision. It is a reason to want a specific answer about the hardware, instead of a general assurance. The people who explain it plainly are generally the ones doing it properly.
The aluminum part
Each diode sits in an aluminum track, rather than clipped along an edge. The channel is the reason the system looks like nothing in daylight, and it is also the reason the light points where it should. Color matching is not an upgrade, and it is why the daytime look holds.
Individual diodes, not one long bulb
The lights are addressed one at a time, which is where the effects come from. That is the difference between one flat color and a display that can move. The capability sits there unused most of the year, and then it is December.Look at somebody's finished work in the sun, since a dark sky covers a multitude of shortcuts.
The rest of the system
The parts you never look at are the wiring, the power feed and the controller. How that wiring is routed is one of the better tells of install quality. It is worth asking and any installer should answer it without hedging.
The long view
Permanent means it stays, which cuts both ways. A system put up carefully asks very little of you. A rushed one shows
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What the system has to survive
Nothing about a permanent system is easy on the equipment. Sun and heat are the long term stress. Moisture finds every weak joint. Which is why the connections, the seals and the way the wire is terminated matter as much as the diodes.
Dimming
The output can be turned down. Full brightness is for December, and it is more than an ordinary Tuesday calls for. Most people end up running the everyday setting well below maximum, because a soft glow reads as designed and a bright one reads as decorated.
Getting a design
Specifications read the same from every company. The useful step is having somebody look at your house and draw a plan. EverCrest Lighting does permanent LED lighting for residential and commercial properties across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. The consultation is free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected].