On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:45:44 GMT, Tony Hwang 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.
Hi,
You can't. If you shorted the length with less number of lights they'll
burn up from over voltage condition.

You can shorten a string if you do it in the right place. Most light
strings use separate series of 50 lights. A simple string of 100
lights is 2 series. You can cut the string in the middle with no
problem. Note that you will see only 2 wires at that point, rather
than 3. Icicle lights are usually 3 series.
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