RGBW Strip Lights not necessary

Fri, 11 Nov 2022

RGB or Red, Green, and Blue LED Strip lights have been around since 2006. It is now several years since RGBW LED Strip Lights (Strips with RGB & White chip) were introduced from LED Strip Light manufacturers.  Here at Litewave we have had them for several years but have not really promoted them, for several reasons:

• RGB Strips used with the right colour controller can produce any visible colour from the spectrum. A good quality controller will have the ability to provide at least 128 levels of Red, 128 levels of Green, and 128 Levels of Blue - making 16.7 Million different colours possible. The majority of cheap Chinese colour controllers do not have the capacity for this.  Our colour controllers are capable of displaying any visible colour.

The photo below clearly show that our Strip is capable of displaying Warm White

• Think of colour TVs, with the exception of of a few types they have RGB Pixels, they can produce whites, warm whites, pastels and any colours between.

Below, another photo below shows the whites available without a dedicated White chip

• In relation to our previous point, studies proving valid even in recent times reveal that human eyesight has 3 mains colour receptors, red, green, and blue. There is no white receptor.  For more information please see : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision#Physiology_of_color_perception

• Energy hungry, RGBW Strip with 60 LEDs per Metre draw around 18-22 Watts depending on the brand, compared with 14-17 watts for 60 LED/M RGB Strips.

That said we do stock a professional grade RGBW Strip available, with our controllers it can display 4.29 Billion Colours.  As with our other Pro Strips it has additional circuitry to ensure a long operating life of the LEDs: Professional RGBW Colour Changeable Litewave LED Strips with 60 LED/M 24vdc Constant Current