[EricH]

Originally Posted by Duke461

There is however somewhere a rule that defines how long the battery wires to breaker can be before they count as official weight. (1ft i think?)

[R03-A], and 12" does in fact equal 1'. Note that this isn't the length to breaker, however; it's the length to the Anderson connector.

With respect to rope lights, I'd say those fall under Non-Functional Decoration and suggest looking at those rules.