LED rope lighting is a very popular way to decorate with lights. They are mostly utilized at Christmas time but can also be used for just about any other decorative or purpose. The imagination is the only limit to how rope lighting can be used.
Definition of LED Rope Lighting
Rope lighting is strands of LED (light emitting diodes) lights that are enclosed in a flexible plastic or rubber casing which resembles rope. LED lights are extremely energy efficient, long lasting and durable, easy to handle and are more powerful than most other types of lighting. Due to its hardiness, ease of use and clear, bright color, many consumers are now finding them worth the extra initial cost. Their cost efficiency will, in most cases, make up for any additional out-of-pocket expense, especially since costs of LED lighting has gone down recently and will continue to do so.
How LED Rope Lighting is Used
Rope lighting is commonly used in outdoor settings such as around trees and poles, throughout gazebos, wrapped in trellises, strewn along pathways, windows and decks, and weaved around stairways and staircases. Indoors, they are also often used under cabinets, along outside edges to enhance trey ceilings, in and around display cases, and around window displays in stores. They are also frequently used to decorate during the holidays in strings of indoor and outdoor lights used around trees, yard displays, tree icicles, and nearly everywhere you look.
Holiday LED Rope Lighting
Rope lighting is especially common in holiday displays, particularly during the Christmas season. Hardware, decorating, department, discount and lighting stores all sell rope lights throughout the year, but during the Christmas season you will find them pretty much everywhere! They are available in a profusion of colors, styles and lengths so consumers and businesses are bound to find just what theyre looking for. The rope is normally quite thin with thicker versions are available for displays where a very thin rope light might not show up as well.
Additional Benefits of LED Rope Lighting
Because LED´s are colored with a computer chip instead of encased by a colored lens as most other rope lighting is, they are very easy to program. They can be programmed to create blinking or chasing patterns, or even light to the sounds of music or motion. One company has even engineered the first 35,000 hour LED rope light, and a 3 watt rope light is equal in brightness to the older 6 watt versions. Unlike other types of lights, LED´s will fade out slowly instead of being burned out one at a time causing the entire strand to not work properly (like the original versions). In addition, they can withstand shocks and repeated off-on cycles quite well.
LED rope lighting is an incredibly cost effective and enjoyable way to decorate and accent areas in and all around homes and businesses.
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