11/25/2023 0 Comments Christmas tree lights not working half![]() anyplace where you plug the next strand into the previous one). You especially will want to zip tie the light connections that are made within a section. Tip – to help keep things in place, use zip ties. Doing this makes it easy to connect your 1st stand to an outlet and leaves a female hook-up at the top of each section. That way you will finish with the plug (male) at the bottom of the tree. When starting each section make sure that you begin with the female end on the top branches of the section and keep the male end on the bottom branches of the sections. You will be glad that you did next year when you have forgotten where you ended each strand. If that is not possible, use an orange colored zip-tie to mark the location of the plugs. Try to make it so that male and female ends will connect at the interior of the tree. So, it made more sense to jump from branch to branch, in an up-and-down direction. However, on a few sections, the branches were staggered. Then, back along the length and cross over to the next branch. On most sections, the lights needed to go from the interior towards the tip. To make things easier, I used the tree stand to hold each individual section as I wrapped the lights. This is how I worked out the lights on my tree. (as the branches get longer, it will take more lights). From there, I increased the bulbs per branch as I moved down the sections. In other words, the top section gets a strand of 100. That makes 12 x 5 = 30 + 40 more for the top tips. The bottom of the top section had 12 branches. ![]() So, I counted the branches (the very top doesn’t have individual branches. Then, to determine how many lights that I was going to need, I decided on about 5-6 bulbs would be dispersed on the top sections of each branch. You’ll see why when you look at how I determined my light distribution in step 2. Also, if your tree comes in sections like mine, you will likely need a brand that comes in both 100 lights and 50 or 150 lights per strand. If you need five strands, make sure all five are the same brand, style, and color temp. However, regardless of the brand that you choose, the most important is to be consistent. To be precise, the lights that I used were the GE warm white in the green packaging. I have also noticed that Walmart has some GE lights* available on their website. I bought my lights at Lowe’s, but if you can’t find those, Amazon sells these warm LED lights*. But, at least they do not have that bluish tint that the regular LEDs have. Of course, a LEDs soft light is nowhere near as soft as the old incandescent bulbs. So, LED lights it is! I looked long and hard before deciding on a GE brand in soft white. Plus, LEDs will be perfect for when I get around to flocking my tree, and eventually, I will. Even with replacing the old lights with all LEDs, I would still be spending less than half the cost to replace the tree. I guess I could have just bought a new pre-lit tree, but mine cost a pretty penny. My tree was still in very good shape, but the 1300 plus lights were shot. When I unpacked the tree this year, I knew that I had a project ahead of me. Pre-lit Christmas Tree Lights Repair/Replace…
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