Attaching Rope Lights

Just attach them to parts of your home made from materials like stucco and wood.

Attaching rope lights.

Although the fact that you re fiddling with electrical wiring might be intimidating actually installing this rope lighting is even easier than installing a ceiling. Cut the rope lights only on the areas of the light where there are cutting line marks. String your lights around a door under the deck railing up the siding around a window or along the gutter all without nails or screws. Then add a power cord to one end and an end cap to the other.

They hold rope lights or extension cords up to 3 8 in. Watch the videos below and visit our rope light guide for detailed instructions on how to cut rope light. After your rope light is connected to a power cord and the end cap is in place go ahead and plug your power cord in to check that it s working. The cord on the power connector then attaches to the circuit wire with twist connectors.

There s another way to hang string lights in a yard without trees. The mark that indicates a safe spot for cutting rope light will typically look like a small pair of scissors or a dashed line. Command outdoor rope light clips give you the freedom to hang your rope lights in new places outdoors. As with nearly any project the key to a successful installation is proper preparation.

This method is similar to installing them on trees. The main difference is that you may need to use wall anchors made especially for that material to secure the hooks in place. Rope lights are easy to attach to concrete with the right tools. Step 1 lay the rope lights against the concrete where you want to install them.

This is the only place that led or incandescent rope light should be cut. You can connect multiple pieces of rope light with straight and 90 degree connectors but it s quite flexible and we were able to bend it around 90 degree corners without the 90 degree. Attach a power connector to one end of the rope lighting photo 9. To cut rope light measure the area where you plan to install the rope light and then cut the tube at the nearest cutting mark.

Attaching rope lights to a controller will usually occur in one of two ways. After completing the installation you can cut the rope light from the spool.