Waterproof Cold White LED Rope Lights (?)

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Need a sixteen footer (5 meters) for the kid's restaurant. 50 feet from the crashing Pacific Ocean. This would be for lighting not visual esthetics. A dimmable light would be nice but not essential. I'll work out the 12 volt power supply and feed lines myself.

It has to be removed every night or on night # 2 it would jump off it's hooks and slither on down the beach.

"Everyone has the best". Too many reviews are posted by people who plug theirs in then jump on the computer and write a review. I would appreciate sane relevant criticism of products and suggestions.

I would have to say the budget is around sixty dollars.

And yes, I have followed dozens of suggestions on this forum and made purchases and have had very few contrary encounters with products. i.e. I trust you folks.

Something like this?



Found HERE which IS designed for outdoor signage and IS water proof!

Although be aware, these modules are $3.25 EACH so they are not cheap by any means but you can buy them in long lengths and the modules and wire are sealed.

I have bought the red and amber versions of this module to replace the blasted cheaply made LED marker lights on my TT (although they were NOT "cheap" in my cost) that have been worse than good old incadescent markers for failures. So far the replacement modules are holding up very well.

The red and amber were too bright in my markers so I just added a resistor to dim them down a bit.. So they are dim able.

Not sure those modules are going to be energy efficient as they are about 3/4W per module and not sure on the lumens..

Does it HAVE to be 12V?

I have been using some pretty cool 4ft T8 replacement retrofit 120V LED tubes in a lot of my lights around my house.. These babies are extremely bright and may take a lot less of them than any rope light..



Found HERE

You can place those into single strip light fixtures for T12-T8 4ft bulbs..

They do have a sealed strip version HERE but they are more expensive and looks like they have a detachable power cord which my be an issue around salt spray..

Although quite a bit above your price point, they do have a vapor proof outdoor fixture which really would be ideal for salt spray situations..



HERE for $63 for one fixture..

But keep in mind that fixture has 6500 lumens and most likely would not need a lot of them to cover 50ft!

Most of these however are not dim able as a downside.