Led light strips, cool or warm

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belkin321
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Led light strips, cool or warm

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Hello
What is best when using led strips for starship window lighting...cool or warm white led strips?
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Post by nick »

Cool or warm white has nothing to do with the heat range of the lights. Leds run cool compared to other lighting.
"cool white" simply means a pure white light.
"warm white" has a yellowish tinge to the light that it emits.

So, it depends on the look you're after.

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I think he gets that cool white don't run any cooler temperature-wise.

Personally I think that warm white work better for windows. They're similar to incandescent bulbs, which are what you're used to seeing in a window.
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Led strips, cool or warm

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Thanks very much
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Led strips, cool or warm

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Thanks very much
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I'm about to embark on a set of warm white interior Federation lighting. I am betting on that, but give me a month or two and I should be able to demonstrate some effect... I hope...
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Cool white LEDs typically have a bit of a bluish tint to them.
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for federation ships i use cool white and for alien ships i use warm
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