Lighting our new TT
We just recently bought a TT and am looking forward to doing a lot of traveling. One thing that we noticed on our first trip out is that the inside lighting is, well, pretty horrible: the dome lights ...
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limbery wrote:
Bazaarsoft....how did you fasten the rope lights around the slide?...I'm thinking of putting some new LED strips along the top edge over the cabinets above my kitchen in mine...it would be easy to get to the electrical receptacle in the cabinet beside the microwave (where it plugs in and there's a free plug-in)....figured I might as well go for the LED right away....They're the best thing that's happened to RVs in awhile IMHO....
That's the beauty - I didn't have to since they can just sit up on the slide and tuck into the groove I mentioned. They do make rope light clips that have a small screw that mounts the clip into the wall, etc. I use those in my kitchen toe kick in the house.
I'll caution though - the ropes can also be kinda glaring if you can see them directly - I suspect the LED strips would be as well. I suppose you could put them on a dimmer to help with that if you can't find a way to conceal them.
I'm considering adding some short angled crown molding above the door that would allow me to put a short length there as well - which is right beside the cabinet where my microwave outlet is, so that one is definitely useful to me as well. Have to watch the added weight, but the molding shouldn't add much.
And I totally agree - LEDs are really going to change how we think about lighting in general.
Thanks woodglue. Just the first of hopefully many ideas. No doubt many wont work out so well... ;)
