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Buying guides

Work out what you need before you spend anything.

Straight answers to the questions people actually ask us on WhatsApp, written out properly so you do not have to. No padding, real numbers, and we will tell you when the answer is to buy less.

9 guides

  1. An LED flood light lit, showing the die-cast housing and the array of LEDs behind the glass
    LATEST
    Buying guide15 min read

    LED focus light: 20 W, 50 W or 100 W for a gate, terrace or shop

    20 W for a name board or a door, 50 W for a gate, driveway or shop front, 100 W for a compound wall or a ground. Reach, mounting height, running cost and price.

    • 20 W
    • 50 W
    • 100 W
    • IP65
    • Gate
  2. A pair of LED flood lights of the kind mounted on the corner poles of a garba ground
    Diwali & festive14 min read

    Navratri light decoration: society ground, mandap and home

    Four 100 W focus lights on the poles, twelve pixel strings over the circle, warm rice light on the garbo. What to buy, how many, and what nine nights cost.

    • Garba ground
    • 100 W
    • IP65
    • Pixel 15 m
    • Warm white
  3. Pixel LED series light lit in warm white along a dark background
    Diwali & festive15 min read

    Diwali lights for balcony: what to buy and how many metres

    A standard balcony needs 15 m of IP44 series lights and one plug near the door. Covered vs open, three layouts by budget, and fixing them without drilling.

    • 15 m
    • IP44
    • Warm white
    • ₹549
  4. A rice light bundle beside a pixel light bundle, showing the difference in LED size and wire
    Buying guide11 min read

    Rice light vs pixel light vs fairy light: which to buy

    Rice lights are tiny LEDs on thin wire, cheap and indoor. Pixel lights are bigger capped LEDs, brighter, IP44. Fairy and ladi are names. Which goes where.

    • Rice light
    • Pixel light
    • Fairy light
    • Ladi
    • IP44
  5. Pixel LED series light belt with its power adapter and inline controller
    Buying guide14 min read

    Series light connection: how to connect series lights safely

    Every 220 V string gets its own socket, on a board or a jointer, never the tail of another string. Jointers, adapters, load maths and the connection diagram.

    • Jointer
    • Adapter
    • 220 V
    • Parallel
    • Load
  6. Three series light bundles in different lengths laid out flat
    Buying guide13 min read

    How many metres of series lights do you need? Balcony, window, door, 2BHK, terrace

    Measure the edge, add 15%, round up. Railing 8–10 m, window 5 m, 2BHK 30–40 m, terrace 50 m and up. A number for every space, and why 100 m is rarely it.

    • Metres
    • Balcony
    • Window
    • 2BHK
    • Terrace
  7. Close-up of the sealed waterproof joint on a series light wire
    Buying guide14 min read

    IP44 vs IP65: which lights are safe outdoors, and where IP20 stops

    IP44 is splash-proof and fine under a roof. IP65 takes rain from any direction. IP20 is indoor only. Where each rating is safe in India, wall by wall.

    • IP44
    • IP65
    • IP20
    • Waterproof
    • Outdoor
  8. Warm white series light bundles with the inline controller
    Troubleshooting11 min read

    Series light not working? Six checks before you replace it

    Half of every series light not working is the socket, a loose plug, a blown fuse or one dead LED. Six checks in order, a symptom table, and when to replace.

    • Half dark
    • Flickering
    • Controller
    • Fuse
    • 220 V
  9. Warm white LED strip beside a cool white LED strip, lit, showing the colour difference
    Room by room11 min read

    Warm white vs cool white: which light to buy for every room

    Warm white, 2700 to 3000K, for rooms where people relax and every festival. Cool white, 6500K, where people need to see. Room by room, with Kelvin numbers.

    • 2700K
    • 6500K
    • Room by room
    • Diwali
    • Kelvin