Traditional neon lights have a life expectancy of about 10,000 hours. That means that you will need to plan to change the lights periodically based on how much you use the sign. Whereas, neon LED lamp has a life expectancy that is three times longer, which means that you won't have to replace them nearly as often.
The majority of neon LED lamps that we supply are for external use and come mounted outside of the building, on Logo signs with Letters, or on an acrylic panel (making them easily portable), complete with a normal AC plug, which can be connected in any plug socket. One can simply fix the neon LED lamp onto the wall with some screws. However, if the neon rope light is for special external use, some particular internal neon signs will require a handle with specially.
You may provide your design pictures to us, we can make professional advice for you. If you use the RGB led neon, you will be able to use the remote control to turn your sign on /off , also it will allow you to change your sign's color with RGB.
Of course, you can operate a neon LED lamp with a light switch in some special situations, but there is safety regarding this. Please ask for more information, or consult your engineer.