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GE EnergySmart 50 LED C-9 Holiday String Lights Indoor/Outdoor Use by GE
Product DetailsManufacturer: GE Brand: Santa's Best Craft Edition: Kitchen Model: 277600 Color: Multi (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple) Publisher: GE Studio: GE Music Label: GE Product features: - 50 LED Multi Color String of Indoor/Outdoor Holiday Lights with Total Set Wattage of 3.2 Watts
- 8 Inches Between Lights, Lighted Length of One Set 32.6 Feet
- Can Connect Up To 25 of the Exact Set End to End
- LEDs save energy - compared to traditional Christmas lighting, GE LED lights use 80% less energy. Costs less than $1 per season to operate
- Constant On - Set continues to operate even if an LED is burned out or loose
Tools and Hardware Reviews of GE EnergySmart 50 LED C-9 Holiday String Lights Indoor/Outdoor UseCustomer Review: Don't expect to get too creative with these just out of the box Summary: 2 Stars
After nearly 30 years of running 10 sets of incandescent lights around my roof line, windows, doors, etc, being one of the more nicely decorated home in the neighborhood, I decided to replace those old electric company cash cows with these c-9 LED Christmas lights. I was extremely disappointed however to find out that if I remove more than one bulb from the set they all go out.
What does this mean? Well, if (for example) you want to place lights around the perimeter of 2 windows and a door, and there is space between them you don't want lit, when you run the string from the end of one window to the beginning of the next window and remove the bulbs so they don't come on (the space between the windows) then all of the lights that are connected to that string (and all strings after that) go out.
With my old incandescent lights, I was able to remove the bulbs along the areas I don't want to be lighted, and still was able to keep all the rest of the bulbs lit. With these lights you have to run all of the bulbs in the entire string - or all but one bulb.
If anyone has an idea how I could use these and not light the areas between windows and doors, and areas around the roof I may not want lit,(without an inexcusable amount of waste hanging tactlessly, then I'd appreciate the idea. Otherwise, if you want to get creative with your lights, don't buy these.
There is a comment on the box that says: "CONSTANT ON", then in smaller letters it says ""set continues to operate even if an LED (bulb) is burned out or loose". I wrongfully assumed from that statement that if one could be loose or missing, then more than one could be loose or missing. GE should add something that warns people that if they remove more than one LED, the entire set and everything plugged into it will go out. But, if they did that, I imagine fewer people would purchase them. Hopefully, after spending nearly $200.00 on this project, I can return them. (I did not buy them at Amazon)
I really would like to welcome anyone reading this who is perhaps more creative than I am, wanting to enough to make good use of these lights around a rather large house - wanting to decorate around windows and doors, roof lines, etc, and not have it look tacky, to tell me how they did it.
Description of GE EnergySmart 50 LED C-9 Holiday String Lights Indoor/Outdoor Use50 LED C-9 MULTI Color Holiday Lights. Replaceable, cool to touch and break-resistant LEDs. Perfect for your Holiday Trees, House, Yard and more. Use 80 % less electricity. Cost less than a dollar per season to operate. Cool operation safe for LIVE and artificial trees. 33 ft long (10.0m) lighted length. Great green gift idea for the holidays
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