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Neon Rope (Or LED Neon) Light
Some Fixing and Installation
Tips
A
neon rope light has brighter more intense light then your old
neon light. Use various colors EVEN color
changing. Install with mounting tracks, or clips-fix
if you bent it to shape. Go
thru these points when planning for a job - you will find
it helpful.
Most common questions answered.
Neon
ropes here are used for LED
neons to reflect how they are regularly
used. Also called flex
neon by some distributors.
Other times
the term neon rope is used to describe rope
lights in a clear or diffused encasement.
Features
Voltage
Usually
available in a high voltage (line voltage) variety.
Heat
Output
Designed to give off significantly less,
almost negligible heat, especially compared to your old neon light.
Brightness
Though light
characteristics are designed to mimic conventional
neon the brightness you will get is more crisp and intense. And of
course you can not discern quantums of LED light patches.
Color
It
goes without saying, various colors should
be available to any good retailer or distributor. A color
changing LED neon light
is also possible if fitted with RGB (tricolor) LED units.
Encasement
The
tube itself in not glass. Instead, it is made of durable, flexible and
weather-proof plastic.
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Installation
Rope Light
Suitability, Fixing And Operation Tips
(many
applies to Neon rope lights too) here
The
good news is that installing should be a breeze compared to
conventional neons. You will NOT need a specialist.
Where
to use it
You should be able to use it both indoors
and
outdoors. No extra armature is needed for water
resistance.
Cutting
The
cutting length of a LED neon rope light is NOT arbitrary. ALWAYS
count to cutting size.
Typical
cutting length depends on voltage. The low voltage version can usually
be
cut in 3" or 4" (inch) sections. Cutting units for high voltage
LED neon are typically 1.5 ' or
2.5 ' (foot.) These dimensions are good for planning, especially for lighting up
large letter signs.
Before executing the job, check exact sizes on the propriatory Manual
that came with your product.
Shaping and Fixing
Place
in linear position (without bending) using a straight mounting
track. If you needed to bend the neon rope to a desired
shape, fix it with
mounting clips.
Surface
it installs on
LED neon rope lights install on all
kinds of surfaces. This includes EVEN timber, the material you want to
carefully avoid with old neon lights. Reason? Heat output is no longer
a problem.
Sundries
Mounting
tracks, mounting clips.
Controller
Want
color changing? Possible, but you need a controller that will drive
changes, mixes or washes, or whatever your heart desire.
I
review selecting, fixing and operating rope lights here.
And Ledneonlight has very good information on LED neon rope lights.
Official
site
Typical
Questions
Answered
Q. Do
LED neon rope
lights use less energy then my old neon light? How much can I save?
A.
It will consume roughly one third of your old neon glass. So
you will
end up saving - about 70% on energy
costs.
I review other energy
efficient lights here.
Q.
I
want to illuminate existing signs with a U shape section, can I use
these neon rope lights?
A.
First, I assume these are transparent or at least translucent signs,
such as large letters. You can light up those if
the U shape (called channel) have a wide enough web (this is
the bottom of the channel when you look inside.) However, if you want
to light up a narrow channel sign, LED neon ropes will be a little
tedious to use as the bending radius is about 4cm min. Use instead LED
channel lights.
Or you can even have a
chasing pattern - a hypnotic customer magnet -
if you use LED rope lights of course.
Find
answers to other commonly asked questions in my LED
Faq.
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