Grandpa wrote:
ukwildcatfan wrote:
I have a quandry and would like some help on this matter. I need to
shorten christmas light strings to fit certain decorations but have
no idea how this is done. What I am using are the mini light sets
with plugs on both ends. Cutting the end off is not a problem. That
is pretty straight forward. I just need to shorten the length.

You can't shorten the length without increasing the voltage on the
remaining bulbs, which will cause them to burn out quickly. What you
can do is cover the unwanted bulbs with "black out caps;" or if you
can't find those, then get some black plastic tape (like electrical
tape) and cut a 2 inch strip and fold over each bulb. Good luck.

Good advice. I would add that if you like a lot of work, you can cut
and reduce the distance between the lights, but just think of all those
connections and how many are going to fail because you did not do a perfect
job of joining the two ends.

--
Joseph Meehan

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