mounting strip lighting?

If you are a member at Costco, they have an LED rope light for sale. It is about 20' long and is totally sealed. The last two RV's I have had, I zip tie it to the undercarriage using any attachment point I can find. Propane lines, skirting after drilling a small hole in it, etc. I then buy a cheap extension cord, cut the male plug end off, push the wire through an exact sized and drilled hole through a basement storage compartment that has a receptacle in it. Install a repair male plug on the cord and power the rope light. Most times I just let it plugged in as it only powers up when I am plugged in or genny running.
It is not bothered by the elements and draws around 15 amps.
Can't tell you if it keeps the pack rats away.

DaveKirby wrote:
I haven't mounted lights under my rig, but recently used two sided 3M tape to attach a 16 foot of L E D strip lighting to the roller of my awning. Works well

How did you get power to the lights? Are the under the rolled out awning or on the cover when awning is rolled up? Thanks.

I haven't mounted lights under my rig, but recently used two sided 3M tape to attach a 16 foot of L E D strip lighting to the roller of my awning. Works well

cpd520 wrote:

JimM68 wrote:
They make LED "strip lights" that are sealed and waterproof, typically in 5 meter spools.
They can be cut, soldered, and spliced (not sure how you'd maintain waterproof)

You can find em on ebay, not expensive.

Hard part would be finding someplace under the coach that is flat and smooth enuf to stick them on.

thanks, I have already bought the lights you are talking about, along with a timer and dimer switch.

I have seen what appear to be permanently mounted undercarriage strip lights at parks. I was hoping someone that had done an install would see this post at weigh in.

I'm getting ready to install some waterproof strip LED's under the patio side of my coach. I plan to install them just as I did under my golf car. I used the good 3M auto trim tape and put a cable tie about every 3 feet for good measure. They have been on my golf car for 5 years now and I drive it all around my lake home in all kinds of weather.

JimM68 wrote:
They make LED "strip lights" that are sealed and waterproof, typically in 5 meter spools.
They can be cut, soldered, and spliced (not sure how you'd maintain waterproof)

You can find em on ebay, not expensive.

Hard part would be finding someplace under the coach that is flat and smooth enuf to stick them on.

thanks, I have already bought the lights you are talking about, along with a timer and dimer switch.

I have seen what appear to be permanently mounted undercarriage strip lights at parks. I was hoping someone that had done an install would see this post at weigh in.

I was thinking about attaching some roap lighting to the outer edge of the basement frame underneath my motorhome and run a switch into one of the basement storage plugs. Has anyone done that?
Steve

They make LED "strip lights" that are sealed and waterproof, typically in 5 meter spools.
They can be cut, soldered, and spliced (not sure how you'd maintain waterproof)

You can find em on ebay, not expensive.

Hard part would be finding someplace under the coach that is flat and smooth enuf to stick them on.

jerseyjim wrote:

Lights to keep rodents away? Never heard of that....interesting, tho.

Do a google search. There are those that espouse lights. Kind of makes sense. Not trying to keep pack rats from foraging. They will check out their environment. Just from nesting in my undercarriage. They are a nocturnal animal and it seems reasonable to nest in dark areas. I have never found a nest in a lit area.

Don't know what else to do. I have totally cleared our 2 acre lot and removed all brush, nests and clutter. Still have had 2 start nesting in the motorhome in the last few months.

You want to keep the mice and rats away? Use peppermint oil. Soak cotton balls in peppermint oil and put them in pill bottles with holes drilled in the bottles. I put a couple in every compartment and under the kitchen sink, bathroom sink and behind a couple cabinets which I accessed by removing a drawer. All the places that I had found droppings in previous years. This was the first year we did not have any rodent traces at all! Plus the coach has a very nice minty smell!

Lighting on the bottom (chassis) of a motorhome....I would think you'd be replacing the bulbs quite often. Lots of debris flying around under there at 60 mph..

Lights to keep rodents away? Never heard of that....interesting, tho.

The only lights that annoy me are the large round white lights on some 5th wheels that don't get turned off all nite. Never could figure that out....I mean a cg or RV park is not NYC or Philly...why do they do that?