We have some nice built-ins that I want to use rope light on top of for some accent lighting. I thought about cutting an orange extension cord and leaving just the female end, then plug the rope light into that so I don't have to splice it. Then, run the other end of the extension cord through the wall and to a wall switch that has a dimmer.

Uh, no. That's not legal. If you can run the extension cord inside the wall, cut in a wall box, put in an outlet, and do it legal.

I recommend good Christmas lighting (the larger bulbs, brand name lighting) hooked to a dimmer - works great, easy to replace bulbs. Rope light is great but expensive.

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Jamie Dresser
Other World Computing

CAN? Yes.

Should? Not so much.

I was at Home Depot and on the back of a shelf behind the halogen lamp displays was an LED low voltage system with"pucks" similar to this, that could be daisy chained. Nice for under or above a counter.
Just one package with no add-on pucks. Like the package was there by mistake. Not dimmable though, iirc. Daisy chaining and flexible wire lengths (cut off extra) was nice.




I need to repair or replace the 24" flourescent strip light over my kitchen sink.
It's ugly. It's been there since mid-sixties. I replaced the bulb and sometimes it doesn't turn on all the way. Whacking it doesn't make it turn on like tapping the bulb used to help the bulb fire up.
Need to measure if there is room for "can" lights that I can put LED lamps in, like some one else here did in their basement.

Well, you could, but I've not had success with the LED bulbs. The capacitors pop in them. I'm trying to find another use for the replacement batch that I got in the mail last week. I'm afraid to put them back into the cans in the basement just to have them pop again. The seller said he wouldn't ship me any more replacements. The other LED bulbs that I have in low light fixtures (spot lighting or 24/7 lights) work great, just not the prime time normal lights. I think that the n:vision CFL bulbs are still the best bang for your buck in the spiral 4x60watt equivalent packages for $8 @ Home Depot.

The ones you found are curious though. How much were they? Were they the brighter blue kind and larger and white plastic housing? If so, I looked at those today too. They just don't seem very bright compared to some of the LEDs that I have right now.



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Seriously, look at good xmas lights. I wired a small ledge (12" wide) in my inlaws house 15 years ago with one outlet at each end, both going to one dimmer, and it runs around the entire room (a 30x20 family room with a 24' vaulted ceiling).

The strings of large bulb xmas lights are rarely turned on above 50% and it provides more than enough light for a nice, normal evening.

They have all kinds of nicknacks on the shelves, and the shelf starts about 10' up. It's PERFECT.

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Jamie Dresser
Other World Computing