Strings of lights

[Craig95005]

My wife wants us to get some strings of lights to drape our motorhome with, to make it more cheerful and welcoming when we stay in an RV park. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Bea_PA]

I have rope lights on the ground. I unplug at night and if a storm is coming. Don't know how true it is but someone mentioned that since they do not go through the surge protector, could be a problem.

[Lobstah]

I don't do awning lights because it would require a stepstool/ladder every time to put them up and then take them down. Awnings on most motorhomes are different than those on the TTs that I see. With a TT awning, before you extend the arms, the awning roller is only about 4-5' off the ground. My awning is never less than about 8' off the ground, so very difficult to reach. I've used stepstools, moved picnic tables, etc., now I use a light pole or some other method.

Jim

[sowego]

One of the best ways to cheer up a rig is to put the strings of lights up inside. After all...if you are inside a lot of the time at night...why let someone else see them! Enjoy them seasonally indoors and notice the difference!

[Effy]

only limits are your imagination.

[wa8yxm]

Now days they make LED rope lights.

As for the awning.. There is a company that makes a string of LED rope lights that slides into the vacant slot on the awning roller. You just pull a quick disconnect off the end (If they ever figure out how to eliminat that I mnight buy)

you can also get some fairly soft rubber/plastic devices to hold the string where you just grab an end an YANK and the string comes out and you roll the awning up with the holder inside.

Or you can do what I did

I strung a clothsline about 4 inches "inboard" of the roller and hang the lights from that.. The awning can be rolled up with the lights in place.

[Lobstah]

On the ground doesn't work for us in the winter...they get completely buried, and you wont see them again until spring 😉 Also, having the lights up on poles/lantern stands (bought a cheap coleman stand from Amazon for about $10) gives soft light over the whole seating are.
And as mentioned, the $10 remote works really well. We put the fob on our keyring, so when we pull in at night, we just hit the button and we have lights.

Jim

[J-Rooster]

We use them on the ground completely around the coach either green or yellow! You can buy them at Lowes or Home Depot regular lights are less expensive than LED lights depending on what you choose to spend!

[sowego]

A simple LED rope light laying on the ground around the patio area is enough. We've seen rigs decked out heavily and not just during the holidays...cheerful...maybe but shut them off before bedtime because all night long is just intrusive on the whole park.

[Lobstah]

We'll be setting up in our "winter spot" next weekend. As mentioned, excellent time of year to buy xmas lights at any of the big box stores. Lowes has a remote controlled outdoor outlet that accepts 3 plugs, and the remote has 3 buttons on it, on for each circuit. Cost is about $10. I use that, but don't leave my awning out, so run them on poles and around the coach using small strips of gorilla tape.
Very easy to hit the buttons when we arrive, and to hit the buttons when we go to sleep. I usually set up one string that can be left on over night without bothering anyone.
Make sure you spend the extra dollar or two to buy the strings that are wired such that one bad bulb doesn't cause the whole string to fail.

Jim

[Passin_Thru]

Agree with EXEC.

[Executive45]

Just make sure you TURN THEM OFF by 10PM. Not everyone likes the Las Vegas look in an RV Park....just sayin....:W.....Dennis

[antiquedrose]

LED String Lights

I would love to have Philip's Hue lamp light bulbs, but boy, they're pricey.

From Coleman to smart bulbs, crazy!

[loulou57]

Remember the day when you were cool if you had a coleman oil lantern as your
outside party light.

[crimmps49]

We wanted lights strung up. We bought the Velcro hangers for the awning that can roll up with it and love them. If we need to get awning in, it's a quick pull down of the lights and roll up of the awning. They lay flat and aren't very thick, so rolling them up in the awning does no damage.