Ok this might be a little bit of a unique project but I’d love to get some advice from you all on it.

My wife and I own a small “fast food“ restaurant that is probably 95% drive thru service. Our clientele is mostly families so we get a lot of kids with their parents. We thought it would be cool to create a mini light display for people while they go through the drive thru as a fun Christmas time experience and which might attract additional traffic just to see the lights.

The full drive thru lane loops around 3 sides of the building, is about 5-6 cars long and already has some landscaping and things around it. My first thought is a tunnel of lights, whether that be arches or nets of lights over sorts of some kind. I was also thinking just along the sides to make it fun. I see the Govee makes a few different options that could work. I’d really like to stay under $500 and maybe add more for subsequent years.

Any creative ideas that might be cool enough to bring people just to experience the lights?

Thanks!

Hey legends,

As that time of year approaches where I spend way too much money on terrible Christmas lights that will last a year if I'm lucky, ive found myself down a(colourful) rabbit hole that is the American Christmas light market.

Im looking to buy the c7or c9 bulk spool and bulb set to suit Australia runs 240v at the outlet is it possible to get some kind of step down adapter/converter or am I better of sending my money to china for the trash lights.

Thanks 👍

No idea where they came from... maybe left over from a previous occupant. Clearly christmas lights but they smell musty and ancient. What era do these lights come from?

Got the peaks , roofline done. I definitely will be switching my novelty light c9s over to minleons next season so they stand out more than my 5mm lights in the two trees in this picture. We’re getting snow here in nj Thursday night so I’m glad the house is done . So much left to do

Where can I find multi colored lights that are not aggressive and more like the 90s Christmas lights? I cannot stand one more year not being able to look at my led colored tree without having vision issues 🤣

Our house has a very boring/flat roofline that has always bugged me. I’ve tried tracing the top and sides as well as the bottom edge, and that helps. But generally I’m looking for ways to get more lights involved for a more exciting look.

Hi, New to the forum here. Does anyone know of a good brand of LED string light transformer that does not have a delay. I have a strip with a transformer that works perfectly with my Holiday light display when it plays with the music and most others have a startup delay when the power hits the outlet, most likely from small internal capacitors. I cant find that one brand anywhere on the web so I dont know peoples luck and where they got it from. Thanks in advance!

A lot of the pictures I’ve been seeing here recently are very neat and simple outdoor light decorations (Which look great)

Is the general consensus with decorating that less is more? Does anyone prefer the all-out style of decorating instead?

I have a lot of different decorations I’ve picked up from sales/auctions and am trying to decide how much I want to incorporate.

What would be the best way to run lights on my eave without going up porch roof?

I have an 18ft ladder and that’s it. How would you get lights onto crown. It’s about 40ft high. I’m thinking of anchoring a rope and ascending up using a foot ascender.

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Hello! I’m fairly new to installing lights and we haven’t done wreaths yet. I’m wondering how you guys normally hang wreaths on siding? Is the only way to put a screw into the wall? It’s a 48 inch artificial wreath. Would command hooks work? Thank you very much!

Hi! Yes I know I can buy solar C9s, but I really love the look of incandescent C9s. We already have about 200+ feet of them running along our fence plugged into three different circuits. The look is absolutely magical and my children love it, but I'm curious whether or not I am able to hook them up to some form of solar power? I know they draw an insane amount of wattage more than LEDs, but we're willing to invest some money into a solar system to run them.

I have done some research and am just getting really turned around when it comes to amps, wattage, inverters, etc. Does anyone have a straightforward solution I can follow? The alternative is that my uncle is an electrician and if the solution is not so simple, he could probably be involved with helping us get it set up, but he lives 12 hours away so it's not ideal.

Thanks!

This is our first Christmas in this house and I want to put up lights for it but it has prominent roofs with the field facing the road. I want to line all around the roof but also want something along the ridge. My plan had just been to put C9s along the ridge but my SO said he wanted more light than that. I’m not a big fan of lighting the entire roof with nets or lines or anything but was wondering if anyone knows of a way to execute the attached illustration where there’s more density at the top and then it tapers down.

I don't think pictures do it justice!

Looking at getting a harness for more Roof Safety - do you guys leave the roof anchor in once you install it so its there the next year or do you need to remove it every time?

Does anyone know of any outdoor LED tree toppers? I have two baby blue spruces I decorate every year but I can't find a outdoor rated topper.

Also, does anyone know of any LED dripping icicle lights that use vampire plugs so I can create a custom strand?

You can find them by searching online for “barefoot sock shoes”. They provide maximum grip using your whole foot. I used to make my own by dipping water shoes into flex seal paint, but these are much easier and work beautifully.

Hey everyone. I have a ~5 year old prelit GE "ConstantON" tree and the bulbs and fuse bulbs are starting to go.

It's possible to buy a kit of replacement bulbs with fuse bulbs but they're not available (sold out).

I replaced tons of bulbs with some I got from Amazon with great results, but I haven't been able to find the fuse bulbs or anything like it. Fortunately my tree came with a few... but who knows how long they will last?

Does anyone know of an alternative way to get the fuse bulbs? Even if they don't come with the plastic socket portion.

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My wife did a great job on our front entrance this year. We run lights like others in the gutters and around, but that door!

I on the other hand ran a single set of left-over lights on the back deck with an inflatable Santa and think I'm a God.

Seeing some great results this year - keep up the great work everyone!

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Hi All

Trying to secure physical decorations (metal wire reindeers etc) to my front area where the pavers are

Standard width pegs don’t seem to penetrate the gaps, I’m worried that slimmer pegs won’t secure enough

Trying to avoid building a plastic false floor to sit over the top - any other recommendations would be amazing!

Advice is needed. House has gutter guards and the shingles can’t be lifted to slide the clip under them. I have C9 lights and would like them to be uniform. I found a clip that would work with the mesh guards but doesn’t have a spot for C9 bulbs to keep them uniform. I have found magnetic clips that are for C9 bulbs but unsure of their sturdiness.

Anyone have a suggestions?

any know whats up with these icecycle light? no missing bulbs. i triple check and couldn’t find the missing bulbs possibly fuse? im not sure need an expert on this

Can anyone tell me what the brightest LED C9 multicolor bulbs are

Hello to all, I’m fairly handy and one of my first jobs at 16 was doing tear offs for my dad’s roofing company. So this year I finally decided to go the online purchase route of commercial SP1 cordage C9 strand and light my fairly big ranch home. (Instead of lighting parkway trees with 20 extension cords and incandescent minis) Besides buying too big of cougar paws roofing shoes for my 12/12 pitch roof, The install took a while. (375 ft of 15” spacing cordage) almost two days. Everything finally got completed. I go to do the old Clark Griswald “plug in” and….. nothing not even the first strand before my first drop was lit. So today in the wind and rain I start looking over what could be wrong. Start with the hot stick pen voltage checker. Power to outlet good. Power to extension cord good. Touch the first tv drop up to the roof before my first set of lights. All good. I get to my first female end, no good. (Gilbert brand end plug btw /Taiwan made) NO GOOD. I end of clipping an inch and place cover back over. The 1st strand is finally lit up the side Eve and for the next four hours in the dark I’m redoing half these dang terminal ends (male or female plug ends) literally half of them are bad. What the heck, is this normal for these commercial products to be that bad? I’m still not done and now I get to reclimb some 12/12 pitch’s on my roof to chase the other bad terminal ends. Anyone have any thoughts or did i get sold bad commercial product? Not sure if i can post the retailer on here or if it even matters. Also for my ends I started with the white voltage printing always facing up when I made all my ends of my connections. Not sure if it mattered but I did it anyway. Thanks in advance, Frustrated homeowner

I know of Christmas Light Sect and Christmas Designers.... but a string of say 65ft C9's can cost up to $200 on their sites which I feel like that's a bit high?

I ordered mini lights from Christmas Designers in Multi color( like them) and then in warm white( not a true warm white but at least they are bright!)

Then, I ordered C9's from 1000bulbs.com , and ughhhhhhh they are not bright! To me they suck. I mean I paid like $40 plus $18 for shipping and I'm not a fan. but, if I ship them back I got to pay for return shipping so it makes no sense! I needed to decorate my parents house before I leave next weekend. So, yeah I just got use them.

Usually I did get bright c9's from Home Depot but they don't last more than 2 seasons, and I heard good reviews about 1000bulbs.

I want good quality commercial C9's( not from home depot or Lowes) for under $100 for around 65ft...... but maybe nowadays that's just not possible..... so if not then maybe next year I'll get the more expensive ones.

Looking for about 100 C9 Bulbs at 65ft.