Why LED and nothing else
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 run cool, draw little power and do not have a filament to break, which is the whole reason a permanent system is possible.None of this is a reason to become an expert. But it is worth knowing what you are buying, since the detail in the answer says a lot. The people who can walk you through it are generally the ones doing it properly.
The aluminum part
Each diode lives in a channel, rather than clipped along an edge. The channel is doing the concealment work, and it is also what controls the direction of the light. Color matching is not an upgrade, and it is why the daytime look holds.
Individual diodes, not a strip
The lights are individually controllable, which is where the effects come from. That is the difference between one flat color and a display that can move. Most nights nobody uses any of that, and that is fine.Ask to see the daytime look of a completed job, since darkness flatters every install and daylight flatters only the careful ones.
Power, wiring and the box on the wall
Behind the visible run there is wiring, a transformer and a control unit. How that wiring is routed says more about the crew than the lights do. It is worth asking and the answer should be specific.
The long view
Permanent means permanent, which is the appeal and also the responsibility. Careful work stays clean. A rushed one shows in the first summer, which is exactly what you were paying to avoid. The hardware is only half the purchase. The install is the rest.
Weather is the real test
Permanent hardware takes whatever the year brings. Sun and heat do the slow
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Dimming
The output can be turned down. At full output the house is a statement. Turned down, it is just a lit house. The everyday level is usually modest, and that is what runs most nights.
Seeing it on your own house
Specifications only tell you so much. The useful step is having somebody look at your house and draw a plan. EverCrest Lighting installs permanent LED lighting for residential and commercial properties throughout Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. Consultations are free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
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