"Joseph Meehan" wrote in
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Beachcomber wrote:
I don't object but then I don't see the point in doing it either. I
haven't done it ever (over 30 years), put out lots of lights in the
past, have had them up for a month, never had a short. Looks like
wasted time/effort and make a mess pulling them down.

Harry K


My neighbors must be getting lazy because they have permanent outdoor
Christmas lights. Actually it's a good concept. Why not have them
built in?

...
Beachcomber

My neighbor had a small unrelated fire in the middle of the
summer. The
fire department had the fire out in a few minutes with minimal damage
to their home. However they say the Christmas lights on it and put up
an unfit for occupancy sign and told them the sign would come down
after they had removed all the Christmas lights. It seems they have
had problems with them from people who have left them up all year.
They got the lights down the same day and they were back in their home
the same day, with just a little smoke and some repair work to the
third floor.



The X-mas lights wire insulation probably gets degraded by UV exposure,or
damaged by weathering. Maybe dirt and moisture gets into sockets,corrosion
creates resistance and new,undesirable current paths.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net