Do you have a row of trees that you would like to decorate but are annoyed by running a ton of extension cords? Me too! I'm going to tell you that you don't need to run more than one cord. But how you ask? Here's a real professional trick that will save you a bunch of money and time.
Let's say you have 5 trees in a row that you want to hang mini lights on. The "traditional" way to power the trees would be to run and extension cord from your outlet to the first tree, then use a three-way splitter, attaching another extension cord to run to the second tree, and then again, and again, and again! This is obnoxious. And most of all it's not even necessary. In this scenario it would roughly cost you about $150 for the cords and splitters. I will tell you how to power your trees for under $20!
Here's how:
We use extension cords that can be bought at Home Depot for some of our lights of course. But the type of extension cord you may not know about is called "X-Wire". What this wire is, is basically a really long extension cord with no male or female end attached to it. I use a supplier here in Denver that supplies me with my X- Wire. Here's a link to a large spool of it: http://www.noveltylights.com/SPT2-Green-Zip-Wire-1000.html
This cord is basically 16.5 cents per foot. What we do here is run one cord from the outlet, and next to each tree that has lights on it. When we've finished running the cord, we will take a male end, http://www.noveltylights.com/SPT-2-Male-Vampire-Plugs-Green.html, and attach it near the outlet. We will then attach female ends, http://www.noveltylights.com/SPT2-Female-Sockets-Green.html, along the X-Wire at the bottom of the trees that need to have power.
Plug in the lights on the trees to the female ends on the X-Wire and bam! You're done! Pop a timer by the outlet, and don't even think about the lights until it's time to take them down in April!
Here are some pictures of the cord and male and female ends we use:
As usual, if you have any questions, please ask me!
Brought to you by:
Bright Christmas
Let's say you have 5 trees in a row that you want to hang mini lights on. The "traditional" way to power the trees would be to run and extension cord from your outlet to the first tree, then use a three-way splitter, attaching another extension cord to run to the second tree, and then again, and again, and again! This is obnoxious. And most of all it's not even necessary. In this scenario it would roughly cost you about $150 for the cords and splitters. I will tell you how to power your trees for under $20!
Here's how:
We use extension cords that can be bought at Home Depot for some of our lights of course. But the type of extension cord you may not know about is called "X-Wire". What this wire is, is basically a really long extension cord with no male or female end attached to it. I use a supplier here in Denver that supplies me with my X- Wire. Here's a link to a large spool of it: http://www.noveltylights.com/SPT2-Green-Zip-Wire-1000.html
This cord is basically 16.5 cents per foot. What we do here is run one cord from the outlet, and next to each tree that has lights on it. When we've finished running the cord, we will take a male end, http://www.noveltylights.com/SPT-2-Male-Vampire-Plugs-Green.html, and attach it near the outlet. We will then attach female ends, http://www.noveltylights.com/SPT2-Female-Sockets-Green.html, along the X-Wire at the bottom of the trees that need to have power.
Plug in the lights on the trees to the female ends on the X-Wire and bam! You're done! Pop a timer by the outlet, and don't even think about the lights until it's time to take them down in April!
Here are some pictures of the cord and male and female ends we use:
As usual, if you have any questions, please ask me!
Brought to you by:
Bright Christmas
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