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Top Performance LED Strips & Modules for Best Quality Cove Lighting
High-Performance LED Strips & Modules for Superior Cove Lighting
Cove lighting is a popular design trend that emphasizes the natural behavior of light. By placing LED strips within a cove in the wall or ceiling, light reflects off adjacent surfaces, creating an effect that resembles natural sunlight streaming into a room. This technique evokes warmth and depth, transforming the ambiance of any space. Typically, cove lights are constructed using LED strips housed in aluminum profiles with translucent white covers, allowing for lengths of several meters to create patterns tailored to specific space needs.
Our German-manufactured LED strips and modules utilize the latest LED technology to help you build high-performance, long-lasting cove lights. Choosing custom LED modules from Lumistrips ensures that your project benefits from cutting-edge technology, designed to meet your exact specifications for light intensity, size, shape, connections, installation, and power and control systems.
Nichia / Samsung / Seoul / Cree / Osram LEDs
White 1800-7800K CRI70-99 & Colour LED options
12/24/48V Constant Voltage
With optional IP67 LumProtect Waterproof System
Nichia / Samsung / Seoul / Cree / Osram LEDs
Plug & Play system with many sizes available
1800-7800K CRI70-99 White LEDs
Flexible & Rigid PCB options
35 or 70 Nichia 757 LEDs
280x16 mm Aluminium LED strip with Plug & Play System
White LEDs 1800-7800K CRI70-99
Constant Current & 24V Constant Voltage
Cove Lighting Design Guidelines
Compared to linear lighting, which provides direct lighting, cove lights offer indirect illumination. LED strips hidden within a cove in the wall or ceiling create a seamless line of light that illuminates surrounding surfaces, reflecting a soft and gentle glow similar to natural light from a hidden window. Here are some tips for achieving the best results with cove lighting:
1. LED strip light output and number of LEDs
Cove lighting can serve various purposes, from guiding people through a space to highlighting architectural features or setting a design trend. Depending on the application, here are some recommended luminous flux guidelines per meter or foot:
A) Ambient light or highlight of objects or furniture elements: up to 2000 lumens per meter (600 lm per foot)
B) General lighting for residential: up to 3500 lumens per meter or 1000 lm/foot
C) General lighting for commercial and business applications or workplace lighting: up to 6000 lumens per meter (1800 lm/foot).
For example, for a living room that is 20 square meters with a height of 2.5 meters and the purpose of general lighting, here are some suggested lengths of lines of light based on their luminous flux:
- Lines of light with LED strip 500 lm/meter: at least 40 meters total length (130 ft)
- Lines of light with LED strip 1000 lm/m: at least 20 meters total length (65 ft)
- Lines of light with LED strip 2000 lm/m: at least 8 meters in total length (25 ft)
2. Use LED strips that are easy to install and have low redundancy of parts
The light sources should be easily installed over long distances and use as few auxiliary items as possible, such as wires, connectors, screws, or transformers. A large capacity transformer is recommended, and we discourage purchasing “LED strip kits” with 5 m length and an included transformer for rooms using more than 10 meters of strip.
3. Focus on Light Quality, Spectrum, and Color Rendering
For the most natural-looking cove lighting, opt for LED strips with the best light quality, spectrum, and color rendering index (CRI). Full-spectrum, daylight-like light sources with a minimum CRI of 98 are recommended when budget permits. The closest match to daylight is from LEDs with Nichia Optisolis CRI99+ or Seoul Semiconductor SunLike CRI97+, both utilizing full-spectrum technology.
4. Install high-quality LED modules or strips.
Use LED modules or strips with long lifetimes, minimal color shift, and excellent lumen maintenance. This ensures that the lighting remains consistent over time, reducing the need for frequent replacements due to brightness fade or color temperature changes.
When planning your cove lighting design, consider the desired ambiance and the lighting's purpose. For a warm and cozy atmosphere, opt for LED strips with warmer color temperatures. Cooler color temperatures are ideal for modern, minimalist designs. Cove lighting is versatile and aesthetically pleasing, enhancing the ambiance of any space. By following these recommendations, you can create stunning indirect lighting solutions that mimic the warmth and depth of natural sunlight, transforming the atmosphere of your interiors.
5. LED strip placement inside the cove-light
The versatility of LED cove lighting allows for various installation methods depending on the type of cove you have. The flexibility of strip lights, simplifies installation on ceilings, especially in narrow spaces.
LED cove lighting can be added to false ceilings, tray ceilings, crown moldings, ledges, wall depressions, I-beam coffers, valances, or other types of dropped ceilings. Regardless of the specific location, the light from the strip will bounce off neighboring surfaces, creating a beautiful diffusion of light that illuminates the cove.
The following diagrams illustrate four main types of cove lighting via wall and ceiling, respectively, to help you determine the precise placement of the strip lights.
Cove lighting via ceiling
Cove lighting via wall
Why Custom LED Modules from Lumistrips?
Choosing a custom LED module from Lumistrips means getting the best fit for your project, with a design that meets your exact specifications for light intensity, size, shape, connections, installation, and power and control systems—along with many other tailored details. Our custom solutions take advantage of the very latest in LED technology, including lenses, light control systems, and power supplies, not to mention contemporary design principles. Often, standard, off-the-shelf LED products lag the current technological curve by several years.
Since 2004, we have been a dedicated specialist in LED lighting solutions. We’ve been part of the LED success story from the beginning, acquiring specialized expertise in developing and producing custom LED modules for a diverse array of industries. Our in-house manufacturing center in Hechingen, Germany, is where we bring your ideas to light. Equipped with an SMT line featuring state-of-the-art machines and cutting-edge technology, we bring precision and innovation to every product.