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Any good online source for wholesale (or cheap) Christmas Lights?
We finally saw our new house (it arrived yesterday, and the other half
actually saw it on the road on the way to a white water rafting trip), and I
was wondering if anyone knows of a online source for ground lighting cheap,
and with a good selection. My basic current plans are for corner lighting, but if the waterfall thing
pans out, I want to light that as well, and might want to get some
underwater lights for the backyard pond. There's always Lowes, Home Depot, and Wal-mart locally, but sometimes
selection is lacking. I'd want the corner lights to be at least 25 watt, and some spotlight
options would be nice. I think I want to stay away mostly from those little 4 watt bulbs, except
for some low light walk way and path lights, but those will be put in down
the road once I get the yard seeded, grassed and setup. I'm also going to have the block n stucco guys run some outdoor electric
extension cords and run them to each of the house's 4 corners.. from
experience, you really want power at the corners, if nothing else then for
christmas lights. Having it available at those points also helps for running
power to planter, ponds, spotlights for trees and such. So is there a place that most people recommend here? |
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-I think you would be much better off doing the electrical work, to code,
rather than plastering in some extension cords. Much safer, and far less likely to cause problems with your homeowners
policy claim, after the place burns down. - If running extension cords in walls for power was 100% safe it would
be part of the code in every state. It's not, therefore not a great idea. -If you just mean for them to hang the cord where it would be hung
temporarily (like christmas lights) and it is easily removed then
you would probably be fine. If you have standard electrical cords
attached as permanent wiring (like it was installed behind block)
you run the risk of having your insurance company deny a claim.
If the building inspector shows up he will order it removed, same
goes for a fire inspector. The issue is not that it is unsafe to power things with an
extension cord but rather that an extension cord is not designed
to be a permanent fixture... it theoretically gets inspected
regularly. The people at UL and those who set the building codes
list what is and what is not acceptable for permanent wiring for
a reason. |
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