Rope Lighting Behind Crown Molding
An electrical supply store can provide you with the tools and materials needed for custom sizes.
Rope lighting behind crown molding. Rope lights are not low voltage and they can be run long distances and dimmed with a regular dimmer. I took the easy road and bought rope lighting at a factory determined length with a wall plug. I started by buying long enough boards to span the three 14 walls of my porch. Turn on the lights to test.
Stagger the loops an inch or two apart one leg shorter than the other. Rope lighting would also require a receptacle behind the cove. With the crown molding close to the ceiling the light from the rope light bounces off the wall and spreads onto the ceiling a short ways. Add accent lighting to your home with our diy crown moulding lighting ideas.
A string of small lights like the rope lights pictured here can be placed behind a strip of crown molding to add instant warmth to any room. Slide the light pipe in the clip and hammer the clip the rest of the way into the crown molding. Hold the end of a length of rope light in the assembly and position it against the wall at varying heights until you re pleased with the lighting effect. If yes is the answer to both the questions you need to take a look at the rope lights available for crown molding.
The cove lighting or light placed inside the crown molding not only gives an even lighting appearance to the entire room but also makes it look sophisticated alluring and stylish. And the light is about one third as bright and tends to be a little blotchy depending on where it s placed. The lights in this project are plugged into an electrical receptacle located behind the crown molding. I think i spent 40 00 on the lights.
Follow along to learn how to install lighted crown moulding to your rooms. Slip some shrink wrap tubing over the stranded rope light connection wire and then pull the rope light stranded wire through the looped romex matching the 1 2 inch staggered length romex wire. It s harder to direct the light. On the downside they cannot be cut to size or split off in more than one direction.
Rope lights are an excellent choice for crown molding lighting in rooms where you desire a soft gentle glow of accent lighting such as home theaters and media rooms. Cut a 24 inch length of the nailing strip and crown molding then tack nail them together to make a mock up of the light trough. More work on our home. There are so many options of rope lights for crown molding that finding the best one can be challenging.
Finally to install led crown molding rope connect the light in an extension that matches the color of the wall and then plug the cord into a standard outlet. Twist the stranded stuff together.