How To Hang Led Strip Lights Without Adhesive

Make sure to firstly clean the surface that the led strips will be mounted onto from all dust water moisture grease or otherwise.

How to hang led strip lights without adhesive. Then multiply the watts by the total distance of the strip you plan on installing. Determine the maximum power consumption of the led strips. Our led strip lights come with a self adhesive tape backing from 3m. A cleaning agent such as methylated spirits or rubbing alcohol may be useful but allow time to dry.

Less contact means less of a bond leading to the flex strips falling or drooping in places. Check the product label to see how many watts per 1 ft 0 30 m the lighting uses. Anatomy of an led strip. If you want to install led light strips in your car make sure to purchase strips that plug into the cigarette lighter so you don t have wire them directly to the fuse box.

As the title suggests i have installed 8 lots of led gel strips for under cupboards look great problem is they don t stick the so called 3m adhesive backing is crap i bought them from a company that sounds like a pizza restaurant but sells led s you know the one i mean when i contacted them they told me to send them back they have been cut and soldered etc so will be a right ball ache. Command white hooks gp001 9na 9 hooks and 12 strips 9 99 amazon command wire hooks 16 hooks 24 strips white small easy to open packaging gp067 16na 9 99 amazon command light clips mini clear 45 clips 54 strips indoor use cl806 45. Each led light strip consumes a specific amount of wattage or electrical power. The other factor that needs to be taken into consideration is that sometimes lighting strips can be quite long.

An led strip light is typically half an inch 10 12 mm in width and up to 16 feet 5 meters or more in length. They can be cut to specific lengths using just a pair of scissors along the cutlines located every 1 2 inches. Rough surfaces or too many grooves will limit the contact between the surface and the 3m tape backing. The self adhesive on the back of the led strip lights typically needs a smooth surface in order to stick securely.