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Sloroll

10-25-2006 10:09:41




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It is getting close to time (sorry to bring it up) for the annual Christmas Parade. Do any of you have a source for strings of lights that run off a 12V battery? Is an inverter the only way to go?




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Tim in OR

10-25-2006 19:47:06




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 Re: Christmas lights in reply to Sloroll, 10-25-2006 10:09:41  
I cut up a string of the low voltage lights and re-wired them to run on 12 volt. It made the wreath on the front of my work truck really stand out (turn them off before the scales).
just remember, you may run up to 15 volts if you have a hot generator or alternator.
Have fun.
Tim in OR



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rgvtx

10-25-2006 13:33:33




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 Re: Christmas lights in reply to Sloroll, 10-25-2006 10:09:41  
These folks carry them.



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KEB

10-25-2006 11:57:04




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 Re: Christmas lights in reply to Sloroll, 10-25-2006 10:09:41  
The individual bulbs are low voltage, somewhere around 2 - 3 volt as I recall. They're strung together in series (voltage adds in series) to run on 120 volts. That's why the string goes out if one goes out, unless you get the ones with the fancy bulbs that bypass themselves when they burn out.

In theory, you could cut the string into 6 bulb chunks to make a bunch of short 12 volt strings, and then wire all these in parallel to run off a 12 volt battery. Seems like an awful lot of work just to avoid using an inverter, though.

I've never seen christmas light strings that run directly off 12 volts.

Keith

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KEB

10-25-2006 11:55:06




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 Re: Christmas lights in reply to Sloroll, 10-25-2006 10:09:41  
The individual bulbs are low voltage, somewhere around 2 - 3 volt as I recall. They're strung together in series (voltage adds in series) to run on 120 volts. That's why the string goes out if one goes out, unless you get the ones with the fancy bulbs that bypass themselves when they burn out.

In theory, you could cut the string into 6 bulb chunks to make a bunch of short 12 volt strings, and then wire all these in parallel to run off a 12 volt battery. Seems like an awful lot of work just to avoid using an inverter, though.

I've never seen christmas light strings that run directly off 12 volts.

Keith

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Nebraska Cowman

10-25-2006 10:29:07




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 Re: Christmas lights in reply to Sloroll, 10-25-2006 10:09:41  
Bill, Look on the box. I think all those little lites are low voltage. What would happen if you just cut the plug off and hooked to a battery?



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neblinc

10-25-2006 10:16:53




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 Re: Christmas lights in reply to Sloroll, 10-25-2006 10:09:41  
I would think using an inverter would give you more options to use different kinds of lights, They are fairly cheap to buy depending on the wattage you want.
About the only thing I have seen in 12 volt are those rope lights.

Randy



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