christmas lights question
GreenTeaDisease
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Is there a way to put up outdoor christmas lights without an outlet? like are there battery-powered outdoor lights?
I've got a great porch for lights now, but no outlets (the house is like a million years old). Any suggestions? (other than keeping a window open and stringing it through!)
I've got a great porch for lights now, but no outlets (the house is like a million years old). Any suggestions? (other than keeping a window open and stringing it through!)
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There are battery powered lights:
http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/categorydetail.asp?CategoryID=1&source=g&camp=battery&gclid=CIaD5LP5-o8CFQGRPAodNEXXMg
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
yeah but I don't know if you can use those outside.
and they only have an 8-hour burn life.
as an environmentallly-minded individual, i would think you'd not want em. you would go through a prohibitive amount of batteries to run your lights for the holiday season.
is there not an outdoor outlet SOMEwhere? i think it would be far more cost effective/efficient to simply buy an outdoor extension cord, even a really long one, and use that to power your lights.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
yeah well that is sort of what I was getting at- like are there any *efficient* battery-powered lights out there, like rechargeable or something. My dad tells me there are solar powered xmas lights, but I think he is full of it. I wouldn't use those little indoor-like battery powered lights.
I really don't think there is an outlet! it's hard to see around the whole house because there is a lot of overgrown shrubbery, but so far I haven't found one.
problem solved.........
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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or if you put up lights, maybe just light them for a few hours each night...PLEASE don't leave them burning all night!! *faints with concern*
oh god no, I wouldn't run them all night.
I've never done it before, but my house is very BLAH and the corner is very dark. I thought it might spruce things up a bit. I'm not a big energy consumer in general, I conserve as much as I can, so I thought maybe I'd ease up a bit on this one. If there were good solar lights or something, that would perfect. I just wanted to do something to help with all the darkness, especially this time of year. I read some about solar lights, and I don't think they would well on my porch, unless I could set the photovoltaic panel out somewhere where there is more sunshine. they work best near windows because the light reflects off the glass.
If you have a patio or porch light... you can buy a light socket with an outlet on the side of it. http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/productdetail.htm?productid=18184&CategoryID=106 You'll find these in any hardware store... maybe even your grocery store...
All you do is take off the light covering... screw in the new adaptor socket... put your light bulb back in and ... Voila! you have an outlet to use! Only problem is that you generally can't put the covering (globe) back over the light and that both decorative and functional lights are on the same switch. If you don't 'need' the functional light out there... Just leave it out.
she lets go
hmm I was really excited about this solution, except that, my porch light hangs down from the top of the porch. Plus I share it with the upstairs neighbors.
now there is an idea...
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Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
no way! I don't own the house, I'm not paying for that.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
um, my landlord. he doesn't live there though, it's me and a couple upstairs.
just curious...
if ya know anyone with any basic electrical knowledge they can install an outlet for you pretty simple and cheap.....wouldnt the landlord pay for it???
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
done that before as well plus you have the added bonus of flipping a switch (mine was inside the houseas well) to turn the lights on and off