With advent of LED, strobe lights become more efficient

A stroboscopic lamp, which is better known by the name strobe light, is a light that produces the required effect by recurring flashes of light. Halogen lights known as HID or high intensity discharge lights were traditionally used in strobe lights. However, with the advent of LED in the world of illumination, strobe lights rely on this light source, giving rise to what are known as LED strobe lights.


LED strobe lights can be programmed to flash in various ways to create the appearance of cyclic movements and this functionality is used widely on billboards and other advertisements. However, strobe lights are not used up to its full potential for ads and entertainments because too frequent flashing of lights is found to result in an attack of photosensitive epilepsy in those who are prone to it. In some industrial applications the full potential of strobe lights is exploited to get the required results. Even simple LED strobe lights can be programmed to flash in many different ways. Lights can be controlled to flash continuously slow or continuously fast, alternatively fast, alternatively slow, alternatively slow and fast, or in many other combinations of differently numbered slow and fast cycles. As in all emergency vehicle applications, red, blue, amber, and white are the common colors used for LED strobe lights.

LED strobe lights used in emergency vehicles can be mounted permanently on the roof, or even inside the vehicle near the side mirror, or rear view mirror, or window, or dash, or deck. There are also small LED strobe lights units that come with adjustable pedestals, and provisions for temporary mounting. These can be mounted anywhere in the vehicle and can be detached and re-mounted in the same place, or at another point or in another vehicle. LED strobe light for temporary use can be mounted by connecting it to the cigarette adapter of the vehicle, or can be screwed in or magnetically mounted.