![]() They twinkle was really fast the the color was way too white, compared to the Philips strand it looked odd on the tree. I did buy another brand that claimed to be twinkling and was so disappointed. That was pretty pricey back then considering I wanted to buy five strands…but I did it anyway! They were from Philips and fast forward to now, and I cannot find them anywhere. They cost $7.99/box and the strand was about 15 feet. I promptly went to Target the next day and found them. Several years ago, I watched a video on Youtube from Rebecca Robeson (she’s an amazing interior designer and is well known for his Christmas decor). So here it is, November 14th, and we just put up our tree, fluffled it and started putting lights on it. Posted in classic hacks, Holiday Hacks Tagged Christmas Light, incandescent, Incandescent light bulb, twinkle, twinkling Post navigation If you’re curious how incandescent Christmas lights can blow and not take out the whole strip, check out this article about anti-fuses. Sure, you’d have to replace bulbs now and again, but how many people can say they get their random numbers from a set of Christmas lights? It occurs to us that the voltage on the strip would be a great source of random seeds. That’s where the twinkling magic comes from. This makes the entire strip shimmer in time with the flashing. The result of the bulbs being shorted out is that all be the bulbs in set see a higher voltage. Twinkling sets also use a lot of bimetallic strip bulbs – typically every fifth bulb has a strip. The bimetallic strip shorts the bulb out rather than open the circuit. Twinkling lights do exactly the opposite. Then the strip cools and closes the circuit again. As the filament of the bulb heats up, the strip bends, opening the circuit. Typical flashing bulbs use a bimetallic strip. ![]() ![]() But the twinkle effect until recently has been hard to describe. Everyone has seen bulbs that flash, and strings that dim. One of those is the magic of “twinkling” light sets, which explains in a Technology Connections video. There are some effects that LEDs can’t quite mimic yet. LED lights have largely taken over the market, but in some places, you can still get classic incandescent bulbs. With the holidays over, many of us are braving the elements to take down all those holiday lights. ![]()
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