There are a couple of reasons your Christmas light string is flashing on and off. You have a red-tipped flasher bulb installed in a socket. The flasher bulb will only cause the circuit it is Read More
We hear this question from folks who are puzzled that their lights worked fine last season but are half out when they pull them out of storage. Or their lights suddenly half go out during Read More
Traditional incandescent Christmas lights do warm up under operation. Light from an incandescent bulb is actually created by heating that tiny little filament inside the bulb. Allowing airflow around the lights and not installing them Read More
Great question! Battery-operated Christmas lights can last anywhere from 4-7 hours or well over 100 hours per battery set. Battery lights should come with an expected battery life usage time. Be on the lookout for Read More
Any electrical device or appliance can start a fire if it is damaged or used in poor operating conditions. That being said, LED Christmas lights do not heat up under operation so they are less Read More
LED lights do not “burn out” in a classic sense the way incandescent lights do but they can go out. Most of the time, folks ask this question because they are concerned with the underlying Read More
Wonder why your LED lights seem to flicker or flash on and off in a weird Japanese seizure-inducing way when they are moved? That’s a visual effect known as “flicker” that occurs due to the Read More