Rewiring Christmas Lights to shorten the strand
#1
01-03-05, 09:08 AM
Rewiring Christmas Lights to shorten the strand
I am attempting to help my girlfriend make some wine bottle lamps, and the one she saw had christmas lights in the inside...now I have been fine through cutting a hole in the back for the lights to fit, but the only lights I can find are TOO long (and also have the plug at both ends to connect multiple strands).
I'd like to know how to cut, and re-splice the strand (basically taking a chunk out of the middle, or the end since the female plug end is TOO big for my hole).
HELP!! Thank you in advance for any advice!!
I'd like to know how to cut, and re-splice the strand (basically taking a chunk out of the middle, or the end since the female plug end is TOO big for my hole).
HELP!! Thank you in advance for any advice!!
#2
01-03-05, 09:14 AM
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Depending on the voltage of the bulbs, this is probably a recipe for disaster. Unless each bulb is a 120-volt bulb (not true for very many light strands sold these days), the bulbs may explode if you remove some.
#4
01-11-05, 01:00 PM
It may be a bit late for this, but you should be able to find strings of Christmas lights ( well, maybe not now, but closer to next Christmas! ) with as few as 25 lights and no plug on the other end. I have seen the greatest variety ( as far as string length, single color vs multi color vs clear, plugs on both ends or not ) at craft stores like Hobby Lobby.
I don't know if 25 lights would still be too many, but it might work out ok.
As an aside, my wife and I attended a craft show recently where someone had taken glass block, drilled a hole in it, then inserted a string of christmas lights. I thought that it was actually a pretty cool effect.
I don't know if 25 lights would still be too many, but it might work out ok.
As an aside, my wife and I attended a craft show recently where someone had taken glass block, drilled a hole in it, then inserted a string of christmas lights. I thought that it was actually a pretty cool effect.
