So, I have a question…is there a way to take a strand of steady lights and turn them into twinkle lights? Like by adding a remote or maybe a special bulb or something? We just bought one of those new fancy trees from Home Depot and didn’t realize that this particular one, although fuller than the others, which I love, only has steady lights, which are quite bright! So I’m trying to figure out if I can buy something to turn them into twinkle lights or even something to dim them?
Some incandescent mini light sets come with a special bulb you can change out at the beginning of the string to make a section of the lights flash on and off. The owner’s manual or manufacturer should be able to tell you what kind of lights your tree has, as well as whether they are remote controllable or dimmable. If they’re dimmable, you’ll probably need to plug them into a separate dimmer switch. As a last resort, you could just leave the tree unplugged and string a new strand of lights through it to get the look you want. If you decide to go that route, consider the SoftTwinkle lights in this video: they look amazing!
I bought these the first year they were out. The 'twinkle' feature failed in the first Christmas season, and now they just stay on like any much less expensive set. I never bought more because the cost/failure rate was too high for me.
SoftTwinkle is all I have bought the last three years, they are beautiful!
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The Softwinkle lights are the absolute best!!! Thanks for this
video!
Please sell these in the UK and post where to buy. I hate the chasing, flashing lights we have here.
So, I have a question…is there a way to take a strand of steady lights and turn them into twinkle lights? Like by adding a remote or maybe a special bulb or something? We just bought one of those new fancy trees from Home Depot and didn’t realize that this particular one, although fuller than the others, which I love, only has steady lights, which are quite bright! So I’m trying to figure out if I can buy something to turn them into twinkle lights or even something to dim them?
Some incandescent mini light sets come with a special bulb you can change out at the beginning of the string to make a section of the lights flash on and off. The owner’s manual or manufacturer should be able to tell you what kind of lights your tree has, as well as whether they are remote controllable or dimmable. If they’re dimmable, you’ll probably need to plug them into a separate dimmer switch. As a last resort, you could just leave the tree unplugged and string a new strand of lights through it to get the look you want. If you decide to go that route, consider the SoftTwinkle lights in this video: they look amazing!
I bought these the first year they were out. The 'twinkle' feature failed in the first Christmas season, and now they just stay on like any much less expensive set. I never bought more because the cost/failure rate was too high for me.
We are so sorry to hear that. If you have your order number still we can look into it further. Please email me at sodell@christmaslightsetc.com
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