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It's that time of year again... Christmas tree lights

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German_EE:
Go Jewish, seven lights and we're done  :-DD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah_%28Temple%29

Electro Detective:

--- Quote from: German_EE on December 21, 2019, 04:25:58 pm ---
Go Jewish, seven lights and we're done  :-DD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah_%28Temple%29

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That's a burglars 'Gold Christmas' depending on the neighborhood  >:D  and how many gates and cameras going or not..   :scared: 

james_s:
The lights have always been my favorite part of Christmas. I'm not religious so I don't really care about that aspect of the holiday but the lights and decorations are a nice way to brighten up what is in this part of the world the most dark and gloomy time of the year.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: tooki on December 21, 2019, 03:35:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: ebastler on December 20, 2019, 04:53:01 pm ---Candles, anyone?
We still have them on the tree in the living room. Accept no substitute!  8)

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We were absolutely shocked at our first Christmas in Switzerland (1992) when everyone put candles on their trees. In USA, where we moved from, that is absolutely unheard of in the modern era.



--- Quote from: james_s on December 20, 2019, 04:57:34 pm ---Yikes, I'll use 70 year old strings of incandescent lamps with cloth covered wires but I'm not letting open flame anywhere near the tree. Evergreen trees are quite flammable and can go from a small flame to a huge fireball in a matter of seconds.

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FYI, to the other shocked Americans: 1. A properly hydrated Christmas tree will not go up in flames if a single candle flame licks a branch for a second. (Ideally you should cut a fresh edge onto the trunk so that it can absorb water better.) 2. One NEVER lights candles except when the tree will be actively supervised. So that means the tree is lit only a handful of times the whole season. 3. It’s nonetheless a wise precaution to keep a fire extinguisher at hand, just in case. Xmas tree fires do happen every year to people who have violated the prior requirements, especially the one about keeping the tree hydrated, since dry evergreen needles do indeed burn exceedingly fast.

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Better still get a Christmas tree with proper roots. I use the same one every year. It goes in a shady spot in the garden, over the summer and is watered regularly, especially durinh in hot, dry weather.

Having said that, I deem using candles to be too risky vs the benefit and prefer to use LED lights.

NivagSwerdna:
Goodness me... a couple of days go by and I come back and find the thread has been lively!

In the end I had to use a multi-meter and watch the ohms increase down the string... I have worked out it is a dodgy wire... just haven't worked out which one yet but with a bit of wangling the lights are currently lit.

Will switch to LEDs next year.

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