Choosing And Hanging Christmas Light Bulbs Around Your House
The Christmas season is a season of light - beautiful Christmas lights
, that is. Yes, the season may turn your back garden into a winter wonderland where the sun barely shines but you can easily lighten up the mood with the right placement of Christmas lights on the eaves and other exterior areas of your home.
Choose the Lights:
Browse through the catalogue of an online site offering lights and its accessories. The choices are truly varied with clear and coloured lights on one hand as well as blinking, chasing and solidly-lit lights on the other hand.
Choosing which of these Christmas lights is a matter of personal preference. Look at your house and garden, plan the look for the entire area, and then choose the colours and styles of the festive lights.
You will want to know, nonetheless, a few facts about festive lights. First, the so-called mini-lights use miniature bulbs with 1.5 to 2.5 volts, which are considered cool-burning bulbs. Second, the C-9 and C-7 lights are heavy-duty lights but can become very hot and consume greater electrical energy.
Which one is better? The C-9 and C-7 light sets because broken light bulbs can be easily replaced. Even when you cannot replace the broken bulb, the series will still continue to run - this is not possible with mini-lights.
No matter which of these festive lights chosen, always check that it has the Underwriters Laboratories seal of approval for outdoor use. Also, check that there is a male plug and a female receptacle, thus, making the light strings easier to plug into each other.
Hang the Lights:
When you have the strings of Christmas lights, you can begin planning how to hang the lights. The steps in doing so can be summarised as follows:
- Locate the electric receptacle where the lights will be plugged in. Experts recommend using a combination of a working outlet, a ground-fault circuit interrupter and an automatic outdoor timer for greater safety.
- Measure the length, height and width of the places where the lights will be placed. Actually, you can measure the dimensions before buying the lights so you can avoid either buying too little or too many strings.
- Test the light bulbs through visual inspection. Look out for broken, busted and missing bulbs - replace these bulbs, as well as for defective wiring, replace the string entirely for safety reasons.
Even when the strings are brand new, this step is still important. Plug in the entire string to see if the lights are working as expected.
- Set up the ladder over the places where you intend to hang the lights. A stepladder is sufficient for low heights while an extension ladder is a must for higher heights.
- Hang the lights on the gutters, eaves and roof of the house by using plastic clips, where necessary.
- Hang the lights on the window trims and other vertical surfaces. For this purpose, tube light clips are the better option.
No, staples and nails are not advised because these materials can pierce through the festive light strings' protective insulation, which creates an electrocution hazard.
Now, watch and enjoy as the colourful, beautiful and attractive light bulbs add light and lightness to your Christmas season!
by: Lawrence White
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