For Christmas light installation on a home or business, C9 bulbs aka professional Christmas lights are a much more efficient and better-looking way of lighting up the house. Some people use incandescent string lights to light their houses along the gutter. These three-wire lights that are twisted need a lot of troubleshooting after storage year after year. Why go through the hassle?
The attractiveness of Custom Professional Christmas Lights
String lights turn in every direction and are for bushes and tiny trees for that random look. They can match well with trees that are no more than eight feet. Anything higher than eight feet should be adorned with C7 (bigger) bulbs. Professional lights all point in the same direction and are orderly. The string lights cannot be custom tailored. If one has too much, the lights would trail off of the roofline on the ground. That is why they are better for bushes where it is easy to tackle that situation. Custom Christmas lights can help to avoid the problem since they are not a preset light bulb count.
The Mess of String Lights vs Neatness of C9 Bulbs
String lights also tangle very quickly after storage, and it takes hours to straighten them out. The process of untangling them usually disconnects the circuit somewhere. The bad aspect about them is when one bulb goes out, they all go out. The professional grade lights (C9) do not all go out if one bulb is the problem. The problem is much easier to identify. The C9 bulbs clip in more securely due to their size. When lights are customized, they can be stored more easily, since they do not twist like string lights.
Also, the string lights are so small that they are spaced only about 4 inches apart and the workload to line a house is that much more work versus a 12 to 15-inch gap of bigger and brighter lights sitting more securely in the clips. The string lights don’t sit as secure in the clips due to their size. Hiring a professional to figure out the Christmas light installation can save time and work.
Energy Saved by C9s
LED professional lights use less energy. One can string together a higher amount of led lights without overloading the circuit. The incandescent lights burn much hotter as well. You can save around $50 a season by using less energy on an average-sized home. Each year a homeowner reuses the lights they purchased, and the savings add up. Hiring a professional for custom Christmas lights can help with the decision-making as far as design and installation are concerned.
Christmas Light Customization
The professional grade LED lights can be customized where lights look like they “jump” from the gutter line to the dormer. On the ground, a custom look could look like lights jumping from one bush to another bush. This is done using thinner less visible custom extension cords that the professional can customize for the client. These special lines are not compatible with twisted string lights. Since the entire light set does not have to be wasted on “dead” space, this saves money as well. C9 bulbs are meant for custom Christmas light installation for that sophisticated look. Hiring a professional can save the dangers of falling off the roof. Contact Billy Goat Gutter Cleaning LLC for a quote on purchasing and customizing your Christmas lights.
Troubleshooting String Lights
When the tiny string lights go out, the homeowner has to identify where the problem begins. This is a time-consuming effort. This should be done using a voltmeter and separating the wires while doing so, figuring out where the hot wire is. After, finding out where the circuit is broken, one must figure out why. It could be condensation in the bulb, the wires on the sides losing contact, a shunt being broken, or a burned-out bulb. Sometimes even when staying within energy limitations of 80 percent of a 120v socket, (1440 watts on a 120V outlet) there might be another issue. If a 120V socket is acting up, then the calculations would be off. Everything should be tested to find out the problem. Handy people can fix any set of lights they have, but does one really want the hassle?
Buy from the Big Box Store or From Billy Goat Gutter Cleaning LLC
Once a homeowner buys the lights, they can use them year after year. After that, it is just the installation and take-down fees. Here is a link to the correct type of bulb for roofline Christmas lighting: LED C9 bulbs. We offer better pricing that is custom-tailored to your home here. Christmas light installation might be daunting, but we can help figure out the amount you need as well as take care of the installation.
