How To Shorten Christmas Lights

Shortening christmas lights wired in parallel.

How to shorten christmas lights. The lights are designed so each bulb receives all 120 volts and each bulb has a direct route to power meaning they can be cut to any length without overpowering and burning out bulbs. Cut them to fit yourself no special purchase required. Even if they work at first they won t last long. When your three strand christmas lights are too long for the place you had intended and you do not have any shorter strands you can shorten your light strand in a couple of easy but time consuming ways.

Each section is wired so that the current is evenly distributed among all the bulbs that by removing one or two bulbs the others end up receiving more. This problem can occur when christmas lights are added to the yard and yard decorations. If however you are installing c7 c9 18 awg christmas light cords with sockets and scr. We re here to give you the installer s secret to perfect lengths of christmas light without the need to pre measure and order to fit.

Shortening led christmas lights can be done safely with the right tools and steps. Removing only a few bulbs in a series. Although this is fairly easy to do the risk lies in the possibility of overloading the remaining bulbs in the section. How to shorten splice mini led christmas lights.