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2. Deck the halls with customizable, smart Christmas lights ...

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   Outlet timers are a very popular option this time of year. You can also simplify things further by using a remote. Watch this video for 4 tech tips to light up your holidays.

3. 5 Mistakes You're Making When Hanging Christmas Lights ... - AOL

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   Damaged lights, overloaded outlets, and overheating bulbs can be unsafe. ... Install an automatic timer to turn the Christmas lights off at specific times of day to save energy, protect the bulbs ...

4. How to stage a Griswold-size Christmas light display without ...

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   Put your holiday lights on a timer. Time them to go on at sunset and off at bedtime. No one will notice them at noon. No one will be around to see them at 3 in the morning.

5. Edison screw - Wikipedia

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   Some adapters for wall outlets use an Edison screw, allowing a light socket to become an ungrounded electrical outlet (such as to install Christmas lights temporarily via a porch light), or to make a pull-chain switch with two outlets, or to split it for two lamps. Another adapter can make a wall outlet into a lamp holder (lamp socket).

6. Time switch - Wikipedia

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   A time switch (also called a timer switch, or simply timer) is a device that operates an electric switch controlled by a timer. Intermatic introduced its first time switch in 1945, which was used for "electric signs, store window lighting, apartment hall lights, stokers, and oil and gas burners." A consumer version was added in 1952.

7. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   While the idea was first demonstrated by Benjamin Franklin, the idea was adapted for use in Christmas lights. They were invented by Carl Otis in 1935, who sold the patents to the NOMA Electric Corporation. There is a long story involving patent fights. [5] Bubble lights can still be purchased online and in stores to this day.