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When all bright lamps are extinguished, when it gets dark and quiet, then it's time for atmospheric fairy lights. We show you the most beautiful ones here. The classic among fairy lights, Replicas of traditional candles, has been known for over 50 years as Christmas tree lights. Today they are still available for both indoors and outdoors.
There are also a variety of fairy lights with up to 200 small lamps or objects illuminated from within: icicle, little Santas and pine cones, but also cows, Cowboy boots or mock fruits. Colored lamps are on the market as well as glow sticks or light snakes. All have one thing in common: They should spread a festive mood and get you in the mood for Christmas. And of course they should serve as Christmas tree lights.
All fairy lights shown here are intended for connection to the normal power supply. You either have a transformer, which reduces the mains voltage to a harmless extra-low voltage, or you take advantage of a technical trick. If you connect several lamps intended for low voltages in series, can be operated with a correspondingly higher voltage. So can twenty 12 volt bulbs (20 x 12 V = 240 Category) an 230 volts can be connected.
The downside of this trick: Burns out one of the lamps, the current flow is interrupted, and all the lights go out. Some fairy lights have power bridges, that prevent failure.
Most of the simple chains glow continuously, when they are connected. On some models you can replace a lamp with a small twilight switch, which switches the chain on automatically when it gets dark. Others have light controls, which can come up with different programs. She lets the lights blink, light up quickly or slowly in succession or. create a running effect. In principle, only chains of lights may be used outdoors, which are permitted according to the label or package insert.