What Is Rope Light?
Rope light consists of very small light bulbs in a long plastic tube, making a rope. A typical rope light contains numerous watt micro-bulbs, spaced about one inch apart inside a clear or colored flexible PVC resin tube. The tiny bulbs are maintenance free, and are not intended for replacement. At 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). Rope lights gets only slightly warm to the touch. Rope Lighting is very versatile can be installed just about anywhere. Indoors, you can use it 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.
Rope light is the generic term used for any lighting fixture which is manufactured in long PVC tubes which contains parallel rows of bulb lighting. The rope light is fitted with tiny micro watt bulbs which are spaced apart by an inch. The bulbs are housed by the colored or clear PVC plastic tubing. They are designed to be used indoors and outdoors. The small bulbs which generate light are maintenance free. They will never need to be replaced. Generally the life span of a rope light is approximately 25,000 hours which if used 4 hours per day will result in nearly 20 years of life. The lighting will not generate any type of heat; therefore touching the rope light will not result in burning of affecting the persons who do so.
