Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Apr 1990 (v.7#4) pg. 5
Tester circuit for string of Christmas lights.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jun 1991 (v.8#6) pg. 20
Build a tester for strings of Christmas tree lights. It uses LED's to point the direction of the bad bulb or broken wire.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1992 (v.9#12) pg. 59
Build the Light Animator. By plugging strings of Christmas lights into this device, and arranging them into shapes and patterns, you can create animated effects (waving, flying, moving, ...). The animator controls up to eight outputs. Each output can have multiple light strings. Est. cost: $129 (kit).
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1996 (v.13#12) pg. 32
Make your own outdoor Christmas tree lights.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1964 (v.122#6) pg. 135
Convert fruit-shaped squeeze bottles into lighted Christmas tree ornaments.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1966 (v.126#6) pg. 149
How to light up your home for Christmas. Safe outdoor wiring and some ideas for decorations using lights.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1967 (v.128#6) pg. 134
Decorate your house at Christmas with "traveling" lights. A small motor drives a rod with cams on the rod. Each cam can open or close a microswitch to cause the lights to turn on and off in a definite pattern.
POPULAR MECHANICS Nov 1975 (v.144#5) pg. 172
Make a Christmas tree bulb tester from a two-cell flashlight and some shop scraps.
POPULAR MECHANICS Dec 1980 (v.154#6) pg. 50
Make Christmas tree lights dance to music.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1963 (v.183#6) pg. 129
Make your Christmas tree lights dance to music. Cause three strings of lights to turn on and off in response to different frequencies of music. Connect to hi-fi or radio. Handles up to 750 watts of tree lights.
POPULAR SCIENCE Nov 1967 (v.191#5) pg. 171
Simple sequencer animates yule lights creating traveling lights similar to a theater marquee.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1972 (v.201#6) pg. 111
Long pole with hook on end aids in stringing lights on a tall Christmas tree.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1972 (v.201#6) pg. 116
Add shimmer to your Christmas lights. Electronic device causes lights to pulse any rate you wish from medium glow to a bright strob-like flash.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1973 (v.203#6) pg. 124
Tip: Mount your outdoor Christmas decoration light strings on long, narrow boards. Then, suspend the boards from your eaves using screw eyes and hooks.
POPULAR SCIENCE Dec 1983 (v.223#6) pg. 180
Electronic Christmas tree picture is actually a printed circuit board with colored LED's for lights. The lights blink in unison with nearby audio signals (such as music) that is picked up by a built-in microphone. Est. cost: $125.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Dec 1990 (v.61#12) pg. 40
A Christmas tree decoration consisting of a 5-pointed star with lamps at each of the five points . The lamps flash in sequence.
SCIENCE & ELECTRONICS [1] Dec 1969-Jan 1970 (v.27#3) pg. 46
Special Yule tree lights are made by mounting miniature tree lights inside blown-out egg shells.
SUNSET Dec 1978 (v.161#6) pg. 104
A guide to selecting and displaying outdoor holiday lights.
SUNSET Dec 1985 (v.175#6) pg. 141
Tree-shaped triangle of steel cables and lights is used to decorate a large outdoor Christmas tree.
SUNSET Dec 1988 (v.181#6) pg. 164