5w Side Bend HAVIFLEX Flexible LED Strip 10mm x 18mm - IP68 / Per Metre

5w Side Bend HAVIFLEX Flexible LED Strip 10mm x 18mm - IP68 / Per Metre

Flexible neon is LED strip built inside a solid silicone body. Where a bare strip shows a row of separate points, the silicone diffuses them into one continuous line - the look that gives it its name, without gas, glass or the fragility that came with it.

It bends along its length, which is what makes it useful for curves, coves, signage and edges that a rigid channel cannot follow. It is also far more robust than a bare strip: the silicone is the diffuser and the protection at once.

Output and colour

This strip draws 5W per metre, producing 100lm per metre.

⚠ Both figures are per metre, not per reel. A long run multiplies them, and that is the number that decides the driver.

It is a RGB product - full colour mixing. Colour-changing strip needs a matching controller as well as a driver; the driver supplies the power and the controller decides the colour.

Colour rendering is >80 CRI, which describes how faithfully colours appear under the light. It matters most where the lighting falls on food, skin, timber or fabric.

The beam spread is 120°.

Where it can be installed

At IP68 this is rated for wet or exposed positions - outdoors, in bathrooms, or anywhere it will be splashed or rained on.

The rating protects the strip itself. The cut ends and the joints are the vulnerable part of any run, so they have to be sealed properly if the protection is to mean anything in practice.

Powering it

This strip runs at 24V DC, so it needs an LED driver between it and the mains. It cannot be connected to mains directly.

Size the driver from the run rather than the reel: multiply the wattage per metre by the metres you are actually installing. Low-density strip is easy on a supply, so the usual mistake here is the opposite one - buying far more driver than the run needs.

⚠ Check the driver's output voltage against the strip before connecting anything. 24V strip on the wrong supply either stays dark or is destroyed by it.

Cutting and installing it

Strip is cut to length at the marked cutting points only. Cutting between them severs the circuit and kills everything past the cut, so plan the run to the nearest marked point rather than to the exact millimetre.

Neon bends in one plane only - along its face, not edgewise. Forcing it the other way damages the circuit inside the silicone, and the damage is not visible from outside until the section fails.

Test the run before the diffuser goes on. Adhesive backing does not survive being lifted and re-laid, so a fault found afterwards means new strip rather than a repair.

Frequently asked questions

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