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Christmas mini lights (filament/incandescent, not LED) - question about voltages

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tom66:
If you find LED Christmas lights too strong for your taste, a bit of permanent marker (in the colour you want) can turn white lights of your choice into more pleasant alternative colours.   And it usually lasts the season because the LEDs don't get too warm.  It can also tweak the colour of existing coloured lamps though you've got less to work with in brightness terms.

themadhippy:
Instead of a dimmer chuck a suitable capacitor  in series with lamps.
One of my earliest shocks was thanks to christmas tree lights,its only 12 volts so perfectly safe to play with,nope.

IanB:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on October 29, 2023, 12:11:51 am ---Instead of a dimmer chuck a suitable capacitor  in series with lamps.
--- End quote ---

This doesn't make sense. A dimmer is a robust, consumer safety-tested, insulated device. A capacitor is a bare metal component with exposed leads. The one is not like the other.

themadhippy:
Hopefully people around here are aware  not to leave a cap thats connected to the mains flapping around in the breeze,just as there aware not to use a  dimmer that's not in a suitable enclosure

NiHaoMike:
Or use a diode, trivial to seal up in heat shrink.

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