mgookin
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- Fort Myers, FL
What experience do members of this forum have with LED tape lights and system components held in place only by tape?
I watched a video from one manufacturer or supplier and they held everything (except the transformer) up to the bottom of kitchen cabinets using tape. The light strips are adhesive backed, the splitter was adhesive backed and they also demonstrated holding excess wire coiled up with tape. This seems like a great way to hold everything in place until you get some real fasteners in place but I just don't see it holding for any reasonable period of time.
And are these products typically limited to indoor use only?
Aside from the tape, what is the service life of these products? Has anyone installed any of them and already gone back to replace them?
Are these systems considered "luminaires" under the NEC and therefore require NRTL listing?
Here's the video I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTTyyiRRZA&feature=youtu.be
Disclosure: We have no connection to this company. Someone used our timers with that company's outdoor products and mentioned them so I visited the website. They do have really cool outdoor lighting.
I watched a video from one manufacturer or supplier and they held everything (except the transformer) up to the bottom of kitchen cabinets using tape. The light strips are adhesive backed, the splitter was adhesive backed and they also demonstrated holding excess wire coiled up with tape. This seems like a great way to hold everything in place until you get some real fasteners in place but I just don't see it holding for any reasonable period of time.
And are these products typically limited to indoor use only?
Aside from the tape, what is the service life of these products? Has anyone installed any of them and already gone back to replace them?
Are these systems considered "luminaires" under the NEC and therefore require NRTL listing?
Here's the video I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTTyyiRRZA&feature=youtu.be
Disclosure: We have no connection to this company. Someone used our timers with that company's outdoor products and mentioned them so I visited the website. They do have really cool outdoor lighting.