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
Short answer: No. Longer answer: No, they do not. Joking aside, based on semiconductor technology rather than heating a filament like an incandescent bulb, LED bulbs and light strings do not heat up under operation. Read More
Versions of this question also include: Why don’t LED bulbs get hot? How are LED lights different than standard mini lights? The answer to these questions covers a very broad range of super-technical information. I’ve Read More
Short Answer: Your LED Christmas lights are flickering because they aren’t built with inline rectifiers. These full-wave rectifier circuits (diode bridges) flip the lower half of the input electrical waveform which results in a higher Read More
Chad from Idaho writes: I’m looking to run about 2000 feet of lights on a fence and im wondering if thats possible and how i can order them? you site mentions 1000′ rolls, but i Read More
Have a bucket list? In addition to making the pilgrimage to Maine to eat a lobster roll on the beach, I’ve added having crab cakes, oysters and a single malt at King Eider’s Pub in Read More
I LOVE your tree! Wow! Your tree just really sparkles! Why doesn’t my tree look as bright as yours? Well, I have a secret. I’ve decided that it’s time to share it. I layer Read More