DocBrown86 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Years ago I made singing faces, and 7 foot tall out of incandescent rope lights. I am looking at remaking them but noticed that where I last got them (1000bulbs I believe) has moved on to LED. Now I'm not opposed to using LED rope lights, however they do state that they are not dimmable. This would be an issue for me. So, have any of you used cuttable LED rope lights that can dim? Is there a chance that even though they say they are not dimmable, that they actually are? Is there a way around this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, DocBrown86 said: Years ago I made singing faces, and 7 foot tall out of incandescent rope lights. I am looking at remaking them but noticed that where I last got them (1000bulbs I believe) has moved on to LED. Now I'm not opposed to using LED rope lights, however they do state that they are not dimmable. This would be an issue for me. So, have any of you used cuttable LED rope lights that can dim? Is there a chance that even though they say they are not dimmable, that they actually are? Is there a way around this problem? noveltylights.com still has incandescent as well as LED rope lights. Ican is cuttable at 18inches and the LED cuttable at 30inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLH lites Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Dimmable ,led rope ,go to Christmas LED's .com Or speak to Val there great Gal. I just replaced all the rope on five six foot wire frame snowflakes ,with pure white and I added blue, both are dimmable . I used 3/8 and it is very flexable ,very easy to work with and they look WOW. You can get cut lengths or a roll 150' Good Luck David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBrown86 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, DLH lites said: Dimmable ,led rope ,go to Christmas LED's .com Or speak to Val there great Gal. I just replaced all the rope on five six foot wire frame snowflakes ,with pure white and I added blue, both are dimmable . I used 3/8 and it is very flexable ,very easy to work with and they look WOW. You can get cut lengths or a roll 150' Good Luck David Is it possible the website is different? 3/8” dimmable LED would be amazing, but it says the domain is for sale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 53 minutes ago, DocBrown86 said: Is it possible the website is different? 3/8” dimmable LED would be amazing, but it says the domain is for sale... https://christmas-leds.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBrown86 Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks guys! Exactly what I needed, just didn't know where to look. Really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commwagg24 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I am working on making these for the first time. How difficult is it to cut these and add plugs at the end? Is there somewhere I should look for instructions on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBrown86 Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, commwagg24 said: I am working on making these for the first time. How difficult is it to cut these and add plugs at the end? Is there somewhere I should look for instructions on this? I made my first set years ago. Piece of cake. Should be dashed lines at every available cutting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commwagg24 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Thanks Doc, and then what do you use to make the plug ends. Is there something you prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBrown86 Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 1:15 PM, commwagg24 said: Thanks Doc, and then what do you use to make the plug ends. Is there something you prefer? I just buy them. Since you have to somewhat force in the 2 prongs, you're better off that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBrown86 Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 The LED rope light from the Christmas LED site ended up not being omni-directional. Basically they are pretty dim from the side, so that isn't going to work... Went back to the site fro 3/8" incandescent, but they are sold out of every color!! 😫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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