Anonymous-0
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just thinkin ,does anyone know ?, is it possible to lite Crismas lites with a electric fence charger and thereby stringin them in the fence ?
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Janicholson
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THey will only flash once. The thousands of volts in a fence is intended to be kept from ground (so animals perform that duty) If the lights were just a part of the fence from end of string to end of string, they might not blow, but they would not light. (old fashoned small series bulbs with the small screw in base) all newer push in bulb lamps are from 3 to 5 volt and have multiple series parallel circuits so they do not all go out at once. The issue is a complete circuit. The lights would need to have one end of the string attached to ground to allow voltage to get through. This would put that multi thousand volt surge in a 3 volt lamp. Easy answer is no.
Even hooking them up near the fence is likely to induce over voltage in the string. Jim
LED light strings would be likely to not even blink before expiring.
Even hooking them up near the fence is likely to induce over voltage in the string. Jim
LED light strings would be likely to not even blink before expiring.
buickanddeere
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Can you drink from a high pressure washer nozzle?
Anonymous-0
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You can only test an electric fence one time with a Harbor Freight volt meter too er somebody said....
mick in il.
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Good one!
Id say it may be possible to lite them just one time good n bright then POOF. The fence charger output is very high voltage (compared to a few or even up to 120) with respect to mother earth, not quite designed for those lights ya know. But maybe use an old set you have laying around n let us know what happens, I've been wrong before.
John T
John T
Anonymous-0
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kinda thought voltage mite be a zinger,,, but when my sara suggested that ?, I could not think of a valid reason that was educated to explain to her that it would not work ,, other than to say that if it did ,, every farmer would be doing it .. but then again ,...she had me scratchin my head wondering why I never thought of that ,.?. GUYS ,. these gals are really sumthin for ideas ,, it is said that the sickle bar mower came about because the wife of the inventor grouped a series of scissors to a single lever that moved them all ..
Wheres Waldo
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Try it out. No one here has mentioned INDUCTION! That is what makes fluorescent tubes light when static electricity is present nearby. Depending upon what those Christmas lights have as a gas, they may glow, or most likely will not. Only if you connect them directly to the fence voltage would there be a danger.
Even if it would work from a voltage standpoint, most fencers pulse once per second.
It would look stupid with your fence flashing in bright colors for a brief moment, then dark for 9/10 of a second.
Drives me nuts when people get those strings of cheap lights with the flasher bulb in the first hole. Even worse when they get the really long strings with 5 sections that flash independently. They NEVER mix the sections together, and they design their layout so that it only looks good when it's ALL lit. But, it's never all lit at once because of the stupid blinking bulbs. This section's dark, then that one is, then another one, then all of them... at random intervals too.
It would look stupid with your fence flashing in bright colors for a brief moment, then dark for 9/10 of a second.
Drives me nuts when people get those strings of cheap lights with the flasher bulb in the first hole. Even worse when they get the really long strings with 5 sections that flash independently. They NEVER mix the sections together, and they design their layout so that it only looks good when it's ALL lit. But, it's never all lit at once because of the stupid blinking bulbs. This section's dark, then that one is, then another one, then all of them... at random intervals too.
I would try the induction route with LED lights....just lay the string on the hot wire without connecting either end to anything.....if that didn't work I would try to hook one end of the string to the wire (getting away from induction now i think) I will probably try this myself just to see what happens!
Let us know what you discover,
Andy
Let us know what you discover,
Andy
We have a 5 or 6 foot tall star that we put up on our old barn roof. Barn is a quarter mile off of the "main" road, and it shows up pretty nicely. It has two modified strings of C-6 Christmas bulbs around it. About a week ago, I checked it all out and put new bulbs in before I took it up on the roof. Everything looked perfect on the ground. That first night I walked around to see how it looked in the dark and discovered that I'd somehow gotten a flashing bulb in one of the sockets. It's gonna stay up there, 'cause I'm not gonna climb back up there to change one bulb. It's a pretty small problem when you consider the big picture, and it's actually unnoticeable as you drive by on the road.
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