Thursday, November 29, 2012

Craft Lights for Glass blocks & Wine Bottles.

Lighting Glass blocks and wine bottles with small Christmas light strings has exploded in popularity over the past few years and ChristmasLightsShop.com has a wide selection of Craft light strings. We carry 10, 15, 20, and 35 count light strings so you can light up any size project.  All of our craft lights feature only a single plug and end with a bulb so it's easy to put them into your project without needing a large hole or having to double light strings over themselves.

Craft Christmas light strings are available in either Green or White Wire and colors can vary depending on the bulb count. The most common colors for all mini lights are Clear, Amber, Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, Teal, Pink, Purple, and Multi color. Most of these options are available on our 20 and 35 count craft light strings, with our 10 and 15 count having less variety.

Like most modern mini lights if a light burns out the rest stay lit, and our strings are made to the highest standard while still remaining affordable.

Visit our Craft lights section today.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Christmas Lights Shop Sale!

Get 5% off any online order over $40 on Christmas Lights Shop!
Use coupon code SAVE5 during checkout!

Let Christmas Lights Shop be your choice for great Christmas lights and holiday lighting products!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

How to Repair Mini Christmas lights.

Mini Christmas lights, are a classic christmas light bulb and can be a classic pain in the neck when sections or strings go out. Older mini light strings and bulbs are not shunted so if a bulb burns out the electrical connection ceases at that bulb. Modern bulbs are usually shunted, a shunt is a small piece of wire that will keep electricity flowing if the filament burns out.

If you sets have shunted bulbs you can usually fix the light string quickly and easily. Christmas mini light bulbs can shift and get jarred during shipment and even when they are being handled, it's just the nature of the beast. If you have a section of lights that fail it's pretty common for that section to have a bulb that is loose or twisted and it's causing the section to have a broken electrical connection.


We receive many lights back because of this very minor issue, so before you start searching for return info, follow these simple steps:


  • Layout your string flat, completely stretched out and plug it up
  • On the section that isn't lighting, gently push each bulb into the socket
  • If that doesn't light the string by finding the culprit bulb, gently twist each unlit bulb side to side, like turning a doorknob. Do this step without much pressure, if a bulb is twisted it will not be far from where it needs to be to light. 
  • Thats it! If your set doesn't light from these steps you may have a connection problem in a socket which isn't an easy fix. 
If you have access to any of the various christmas light testers use these before you roll the set back up, these testers test for continuity. They make sure the electricity if flowing from plug to plug and you can use them to find where that connection stops then test that plug.