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If you're looking to light up an area and don't
want heavy cords and fixtures, or you want some great accent lighting
for any of a variety of indoor or outdoor applications, rope lighting
may be the perfect answer.
"Rope light" is the generic term for any of a variety of accent lights
manufactured in long tubes rather than as individual fixtures. A typical
rope light consists of numerous 1/2 watt micro-bulbs, spaced about one
inch apart and housed in a clear or colored flexible PVC resin tube.
Both 120 volt and 12 volt versions are available, and the lights are
rated for both indoor and outdoor use.
The tiny bulbs are maintenance free, and are not intended for
replacement. Most of the rope lights are rated for about 25,000 hours of
use before they fail -- if you had them on for an average of 4 hours
every day, that translates into about 17 years of life. At 1/2 watt each
and spaced 1 inch apart, a typical rope light will generate
approximately 6 watts per foot (it would take about 10 feet of rope
light to equal the energy usage of one 60-watt light bulb). The tube
gets only slightly warm to the touch, and does not present a burn
danger.
The lights can be installed just about anywhere your imagination can
think up. Indoors, you can use them along mantles and shelves, around
bookcases, around or inside cabinets, inside dark closets, around doors
and windows, along the edge of a ceiling or a chair rail molding, or to
light up staircases or individual steps. Outdoors, they're beautiful
around decks and deck railings, along paths, as safety lighting for
steps, or as architectural or landscaping accent lights in any of a
variety of areas.
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