Chreistmas lights

[Trevor Triumph]

I love the holiday- music, food, gifts, Santa Claus, everything about the holiday- seculat and sacred expect strings of lights- in particular the strings on our house. There are sections tht do not light. I tried replacing bulbs-no light. I noticed that in one section the lights were on but there was a burned out bulb and the rest of the string was working, so I stopped that labor intensive process. In the the bag of spares there were fuses. I looked on the string no place to put a fuse. The plugs look like they were pushed together but couldn't get them apart. I tossed out one string and, I guess, I will be going to the after Christmas sales to find more lights. The price should be right about the end of January. T.T.

 

[texas_bugeye]

I swear there made to only last 2 -3 weeks of nites then burn out random bulbs and then when you put new bulbs in (oh did you know the spares burn at 6 times the amps of the original all part of the schime yep )Then the fuse blows and you threw the spares out with the package the year before. Ohh yes it s all part of an elaborate schime to tear down the american hoilday season.
Wont work. I have spare strings from last years post Xmas sale!! take that!

 

[Tinster]

Last year's 4 Christmas spotlights failed to light.
The four outdoor spotlights were a no-go so I managed
a drive to get four new ones. $16 per spotlight and holder.
Cannot test them in the store.

Got home------------two of the NEW spots were non-functional.
I was too tired to drive back.

Next day drove back with the defective two spotlights,
waited in the return item line and got two replacements.

Brought the two replacements
ome...................................................DANG!!
One of THEM was defective. Another drive back to the store.

So it took seven spot lights to get four functional lights.

How can a company make a profit with that high a failure/return rate?

Just blowing off steam. The non-functional solar timers were a complete bust - we asked for our money back.

dale

 

[tony barnhill]

BAH HUMBUG!! No Christmas lights for me - wasted electricity...hehehe

 

[martx-5]

Once the kids were out of the house, no more Christmas lights. We erect a tiny two and a half foot tree...or more like we place it on a table...one string of lights, a few ornaments and that's that. :thumbsup:

Which reminds me, perhaps I'll get to it this week... :laugh:

 

[tony barnhill]

Once the kids were out of the house, no more Christmas lights. We erect a tiny two and a half foot tree...or more like we place it on a table...one string of lights, a few ornaments and that's that. :thumbsup:

Which reminds me, perhaps I'll get to it this week... :laugh:

I don't even do that!

 

[DNK]

Dale- Thought you were smart enough after all those trips to test them at the store.

 

[Tinster]

Dale- Thought you were smart enough after all those trips to test them at the store.

<span style="color: #990000">That's the friggin' problem Don-

Ya CAN'T test them at the store!!

Ma, I gotta say it-
I'd pay TWICE the price for the lights if they had a sticker
"Proudly made in America".</span>

 

[DNK]

If you can't test them in the store then the store doesn't care about it's customers so I would tell them to K.M.*.

 

[Shane]

I replaced all of my holiday architectural detail illumination strands with LED lights. On the box, the manufacturer stated that the power draw is so low that you can run 87 strands of lights off of one outlet! At 14 feet per stand, that's a little over 1200 feet of lights. Look out Clark Griswald!

 

[texas_bugeye]

Dale- Thought you were smart enough after all those trips to test them at the store.

<span style="color: #990000">That's the friggin' problem Don-

Ya CAN'T test them at the store!!

Ma, I gotta say it-
I'd pay TWICE the price for the lights if they had a sticker
"Proudly made in America".</span>

And theres your answer at that price I bet more than half just throw it away and not return it. It's all in there marketing plan. Pople pocket fisher? Ronco? Sea monkeys? Chia pet?

Hey! it's Christmas! where's the chia pet comercials?

 

[Tinster]

I replaced all of my holiday architectural detail illumination strands with LED lights. On the box, the manufacturer stated that the power draw is so low that you can run 87 strands of lights off of one outlet! At 14 feet per stand, that's a little over 1200 feet of lights. Look out Clark Griswald!

<span style="color: #660000">shane- enlighten me?

What exactly are:

"holiday architectural detail illumination strands?"

Is that a military or government description?

I sure hope yours last more than a week or so.

d </span>

 

[GregW]

I believe that be engineering speak.

 

[Tinster]

I believe that be engineering speak.

AH ha!!

So in architectural speak ...................

strings of colored lights!!

 

[GeeBee1]

Dale:

The trick is to buy twice the amount you need and then return the defecties.

Pat

 

[Shane]

I believe that be engineering speak.

AH ha!!

So in architectural speak ...................

strings of colored lights!!

Actually, I think it's in the Rube Goldberg dialect. It's me trying to sound smarter than I actually am.

 

[Tinster]

Dale:

The trick is to buy twice the amount you need and then return the defecties.

Pat

<span style="color: #990000">Or if it's a Triumph part- you purchase three.
One will be defective, the 2nd you will install and the third
you carry in your trunk as a spare for when the installed part fails.

d </span>

 

[GeeBee1]

Dale,

Just check the one you put in the trunk, I'd hate to think that the extra weight would be garbage.

Pat

P.S. Dale, I keep it as light as possible, maybe 3 lbs of extras (I don't even carry a spare hehehe)

 

[Tinster]

Dale,

Just check the one you put in the trunk, I'd hate to think that the extra weight would be garbage.

Pat

P.S. Dale, I keep it as light as possible, maybe 3 lbs of extras (I don't even carry a spare hehehe)

<span style="color: #990000">GeeBee - it's usually REAL obvious which of the three is
the defective part. So I install the next one and if it functions, I remove it
and place it in the trunk as a viable spare. If the third one, after installation,
is defective- I order three more and begin the process again.</span>

<span style="color: #000099">I ordered an ignition switch and key from one of the Big Three-
cost almost $100. with shipping to the foreign country of Puerto Rico. It
arrived in the original box broken and useless.

So I order a second from another of Big Three and same $100, same busted up
hardware. I took it to a local locksmith for repair ($20) and he could not
fix it. But he sent me to a local auto parts store where an $8.00 switch
and key fit just perfectly. So my ignition switch restoration cost $250.

And folks wonder how I could possibly have spent so $$ cash this TR6 restoration!!

d</span>

 

[tony barnhill]

Dale,

Just check the one you put in the trunk, I'd hate to think that the extra weight would be garbage.

Pat

P.S. Dale, I keep it as light as possible, maybe 3 lbs of extras (I don't even carry a spare hehehe)

<span style="color: #990000">GeeBee - it's usually REAL obvious which of the three is
the defective part. So I install the next one and if it functions, I remove it
and place it in the trunk as a viable spare. If the third one, after installation,
is defective- I order three more and begin the process again.</span>

<span style="color: #000099">I ordered an ignition switch and key from one of the Big Three-
cost almost $100. with shipping to the foreign country of Puerto Rico. It
arrived in the original box broken and useless.

So I order a second from another of Big Three and same $100, same busted up
hardware. I took it to a local locksmith for repair ($20) and he could not
fix it. But he sent me to a local auto parts store where an $8.00 switch
and key fit just perfectly. So my ignition switch restoration cost $250.

And folks wonder how I could possibly have spent so $$ cash this TR6 restoration!!

d</span>

But, when you ordered from "theAutoist", you paid actual shipping costs (after all your parts arrived in that foreign country), everything arrived in tact, & if there ever was any problem, the part would simply be replaced!