Articles by Samantha Montes de Oca

How to Make a DIY Christmas Wreath With LED Strip Lights

December 4, 2020
8 min read

When it comes to pre-lit Christmas wreaths, white, multicolored, and fiber-optic color-changing are about the extent of available options. This year, you can make your house stand out with an LED DIY Christmas wreath. Using a Color-Chasing RGB LED Light Strip Kit with an included remote, your wreath can display 29 colors and 99 dynamic color-chasing and color-changing modes and patterns.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: All About LED Strip Lights

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How to Create Your Own LED Light Fixture: Aluminum Channels

November 6, 2020
7 min read

Build linear lines of light to fit the practical and aesthetic needs of your space. Our ever-expanding line of KLUS brand Aluminum Channels provide safe, durable, and beautiful housing for our offering of LED strip lights.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: All About LED Strip Lights

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DIY Halloween Crafts Using LED Tea Lights

October 1, 2020
9 min read

Get crafty this Halloween! We’ve put together some Halloween crafts that you can do with submersible color-changing LED tea lights and things you probably have lying around the house. These simple tea light crafts make great projects to do in the classroom, at home with your kids, or just because you’re feeling festive.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: How-Tos and Tutorials

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The Advantages of LED Hospital Lighting

August 3, 2020
11 min read

Previously, incandescent and fluorescent light fixtures were the light source of choice for hospitals. But as both LED technology and healthcare facilities improve, flickering dull light is being replaced with warmer, more human-centric illumination. The transition to LED lighting not only allows hospitals to provide better service to their patients but reduces maintenance and energy costs so resources can be spent on people rather than bulbs.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Learning Center

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Tunable White LED Classroom Lighting Improves Student Performance

August 2, 2020
8 min read

Traditionally, classrooms have been lit by fluorescent fixtures that emit a single color of light. This color can range from warm white to cool white, but once a light fixture is chosen, there’s no option to change its color throughout the day. Research has shown that the inability to change lighting color to match a natural lighting cycle can have many negative consequences on the body’s mental and physical behavior.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Announcements

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Brighten Up Your Backyard Party with Outdoor LED Lighting

June 23, 2020
9 min read

Whether you’re having a few close friends over for cocktails or throwing a Fourth of July bash, outdoor LED lighting can help liven up your yard. Long-lasting, energy-efficient LED lights have many outdoor uses, such as deck, porch, and patio lighting, tree uplighting, and gazebo lighting.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Design Guides

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Tunable White LED Panel Lights Mimic Natural Light Cycles

May 7, 2020
4 min read

Tunable White LED Panel Lights give businesses the option to implement more human-centric lighting into buildings. With the ability to change white temperature with the simple control of remote or switch, these fixtures can mimic natural daylight cycles.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Residential Lighting

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Industrial/Commercial Recommended Lighting Levels

March 22, 2019
8 min read

We'll teach you how to think about lighting design and figure out what's needed for your space.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Commercial Lighting

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UL and ETL Certifications: What Are They, and Why Should You Care?

February 14, 2019
5 min read

It's important to purchase lights or lighting components that have UL or ETL certifications. They can save your life and can also provide proof of many other benefits.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Learning Center

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Alexa/Google Compatible Wi-Fi LED Controllers - Join the Smart Crowd!

February 6, 2019
7 min read

If you've discovered all the glory of LED strip lights, you'll be even more impressed with our Alexa/Google Assistant compatible Wi-Fi LED controllers.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Residential Lighting

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Understanding Light Loss & How to Maximize LED Energy Savings

January 30, 2019
11 min read

Lumen loss is high in incandescent, halogen, fluorescent, and HID bulbs. Factoring it in helps you shop for the most cost-saving LED replacements.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: Residential Lighting

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Choosing LED Strip Lights: How Bright? What Color?

August 10, 2018
6 min read

To achieve the look you want with LED strip lights, you need to know how bright and what shade of white they are. These two pieces of information are defined by lumens and correlated color temperature (CCT). The first question that most people ask is about brightness.

by Samantha Montes de Oca

Posted in: All About LED Strip Lights

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