{"id":2531,"date":"2020-11-19T20:44:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T20:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rytecelectric.com\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2023-10-30T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:36:52","slug":"how-many-christmas-lights-can-i-string-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rytecelectric.com\/blog\/how-many-christmas-lights-can-i-string-together\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Christmas Lights Can I String Together?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How Many Christmas Lights Can I String Together?<\/h1>\n

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So, you want to be the next Clark Griswold and light up the neighborhood (and the International Space Station) with your Christmas lights this holiday season. For starters, we applaud you. Second, if that\u2019s the case, then you need to know a few things about how to do it safely. As much as you might want to connect 25,000 lights \u2014 the number Clark and Rusty used back in 1989 \u2014 there are, in fact, some clear ways to know exactly how many strings of lights are safe for you and your family (and your neighborhood) for Christmas. So, without further ado, let\u2019s dive into the question itself: \u201cHow many Christmas lights can I string together at once?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Basics of Home Decoration Christmas Lights<\/h2>\n

There are some very simple ways to determine the number of lights that you can string together for your home. When you get right down to it, only two main things will affect this number: 1) The kind of lights you decided to use, and 2) How many other devices will be running off of the same circuit in your home.<\/p>\n

For the kind of lights you use, homeowners basically have two primary options: LED lights or incandescent lights<\/strong>. Incandescent Christmas lights are cheaper at the store, but they cost a lot more to run at home because they use far more electricity.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, LED lights require much less power than incandescent light bulbs do. Because of this, you can usually connect more strings of LED Christmas lights together than you would with incandescent Christmas lights.<\/p>\n

As for the second point, we highly recommend that you use a dedicated circuit for your holiday lights. It will make doing any math a little easier and save you some potential headaches along the way. (AKA: Get the Griswold look without the Griswold method.)<\/p>\n

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To do this, just make sure that the outlets you use are only for Christmas lights. You can easily check this by taking a look at your breaker box. Breaker boxes are usually well labeled, so you should be able to determine a dedicated circuit pretty quickly and easily.<\/p>\n

If you do happen to overload your outlets, thankfully not much will happen. In modern homes, when a circuit is overloaded with Christmas lights (or anything else, like a hairdryer), then the circuit breaker trips, causing the power to go out from anything on that circuit. All you need to do is move a few lights to a different breaker, then locate the breaker that tripped and reset it.<\/p>\n

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