A bright New Year decoration - an electric garland - has been illuminating our New Year for more than a hundred years. During this time, she has changed a lot. How to choose this decoration for the Christmas tree today?
At first, electric garlands were equipped with incandescent lamps. Today, this option is very rare. LED lamps are installed in modern electrical decorations, which have several advantages. Lamps with an LED element consume ten times less electricity than incandescent lamps, and they will last up to 100 thousand hours. If you use the garlands on average 1 month a year during the New Year period, then it will last you up to 10 years.
Depending on their purpose, electric garlands are divided into decorations for indoor use and outdoor.
When choosing a decoration, you should pay attention to the wire: the section thickness must be at least 0.6 sq. Mm. This ensures the safety of the electrical decoration, such a wire will not burn out.
We figured out the thickness of the wire, let's move on to the material. The place where the garland is used is important here. For home use, the most inexpensive and affordable insulation option is suitable - PVC. Street lights are best used with silicone or rubber insulated wires, these materials can withstand temperatures down to -50 degrees. In addition, IP (general protection against moisture and dirt) is very important for outdoor electrical decoration. This indicator should be at least 23 (better - 44 and more).
When buying an electric garland, look for the EAC “Eurasian Compliance” mark on the label. The presence of such a mark indicates that the device has passed safety tests. Such a product must also have a confirmation certificate, which you can ask the seller for. It is very convenient if the set with the purchased garland comes with a remote control or a sensor for setting the operation modes of the decoration.
A correctly chosen garland will not only burn, but delight you with a variety of lighting effects for a long time.
