Cyclone Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Electricity, I know. What I'm really asking, is where they should be plugged in. We bought some 'outdoor' fairy lights from B&Q last week, when we got them home they had a transformer that needed to be plugged in indoors. So in what way are they outdoor lights? Am I supposed to leave a door open to feed them through? I see people on my street with things hanging from the eaves of the house, and tree's all lit up, where are they powering them from, indoors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Either a waterproofed and RCD-d outside box, or fed through a hole in the wall basically.. Mine used to run off a large transformer that I built into a waterproofed paint tin that sat outside, plugged into an external socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expat owl Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Ours are plugged in indoors with the wires going through the window or they're plugged into a socket in the garage and the wires are fed over the garage door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I've got a waterproof and RCD'd socket outside. But if I plugged in the indoor transformer from B&Q it wouldn't have lasted through the weather we've had in the last few days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I plug mine into a socket in the cellar, then out through a ventliation grille. I've got some outdoor sockets, but I don't use them for this purpose, in case it rains excessively. Not that that is likely to happen:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 they're plugged into a socket in the garage and the wires are fed over the garage door.This. But I plug ours (3 small sets) into a fused and surge-protected tray with an on-off button. Easy-on, easy-off, and reasonably safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convert Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 This. But I plug ours (3 small sets) into a fused and surge-protected tray with an on-off button. Easy-on, easy-off, and reasonably safe. Agreed, I also add a timer to the circuit. Just a dozen small trees lining the drive, a few hundred lights around the garages and a string of lights in the pear tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I've got a waterproof and RCD'd socket outside. But if I plugged in the indoor transformer from B&Q it wouldn't have lasted through the weather we've had in the last few days... That's why I cut the transformers off mine and wound my own transformer up - the supplied ones had no weather protection at all. Sadly they supply them like that when they manifestly pointless for the task unless you can run cables from inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Just a dozen small trees lining the drive, a few hundred lights around the garages and a string of lights in the pear tree.This somehow reads like it should be sung as a carol... ..."On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloom Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 This somehow reads like it should be sung as a carol... ..."On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me..." I know, I was hoping there'd be a partridge in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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