According to the instructions on the box these Xmas lights aren't supposed to be electrically connected to another set....
Challenge accepted!
Firstly adding half of another string to the original one, and then making a super bright but potentially violent string of lamps being run at twice and then three times their design voltage.

14 thoughts on “Xmas light abuse. off-label modifications.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Electrical madness says:

    I laughed so much when you said ‘I’m disappointed they didn’t blow up, there’s still plenty of time though.'

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Topi Linkala says:

    Why am I gigling like a small child when I watch this?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars U+014B says:

    One of these days, you're going to literally napalm your house just for the excitement, aren't you?

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John W MacDonald says:

    Borderline criminal behavior.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars teebosaurusyou says:

    "Yeah, let's see if we can accelerate the carnage" "What's the worst that can happen?" Right-o-let's go!

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Hodgson says:

    Would look good on a high speed camera

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sean Not-telling says:

    Why am I smelling burnt wiring? Oh right Clive is at it again .

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ian Reilly says:

    Dude. Could you do a tutorial on how to properly use a multimeter. There's plenty of videos out there, but your voice my brain just seems to soak in what your saying lol
    – Ireland

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars drag0n4122 says:

    just a comment from the last video to be certain there are no resistors in the pack you should tear into the transformers tooooo there is always extra space in da blooming shit's i pull apart

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars the gadget guy on wheels says:

    Hey great channel I love watching your videos especially when your dealing with electronics with defects i'm just like you i Love my gadgets and I love to see how things work I love what you do keep up the great work

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars stevio 1963 Ada says:

    like a bowl of spaghetti haha

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars zaqway says:

    You would enjoy the mayhem my father caused a couple of years ago when experimenting with lights like these. He took some dead strings that we had lying about the house, cut the sections that were not dead, connected them all in series and plugged them in. The lights were spread around our then-new sitting room carpet, so they won't tangle. When he plugged them in, they worked fine for couple of seconds and then the cable insulation on the whole line of lights set on fire, burning a nice zig-zaggy track on the carpet.
    Needless to say, my mother wasn't very happy about what happened to the carpet.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars katie_incredible says:

    "Challenge accepted" is one of my favorite phrases. 😀

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kuroko Shirai says:

    I've had a couple light strings all burn out at once when plugged into a socket, any idea why?

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