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CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
x   CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING
xx   CHRISTMAS
xx   ELECTRIC LIGHTING
xx   LIGHT DISPLAY

How to buy Christmas tree lights.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Dec 1972 (v.50#12) pg. 32

Automated Christmas lights. A simple X-10 holiday project.
ELECTRONIC HOUSE Dec 1995 (v.10#6) pg. 58

Using X-10 remote control modules in connection with Christmas decorations. (1) Tree light control. (2) Outdoor light control. (3) Music control as visitors approach. (4) Christmas melody doorbell.
ELECTRONIC HOUSE Dec 1997 (v.12#6) pg. 68

Jingle all the way. A vehicle detector tells you when guests have arrived and switches on the holiday decorations. Utilizes various X-10 components.
ELECTRONIC HOUSE Dec 1998 (v.13#6) pg. 66

Holiday light sequencer controls four 117-volt AC sockets.
ELECTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK 1990 pg. 45

Light sequencer. Chaser lights can brighten your parties and your Christmas light displays. Electronic circuit controls ten outputs, each of which can light up to 200 watts of 120-volt AC lamps. Est. cost: $29 (kit).
ELECTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK 1991 pg. 79

Christmas-tree light tester lets you apply low-voltage power to either end of the string in order to locate a broken wire and/or bad bulb.
ELECTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK 1993 pg. 70

Electronic Christmas tree ornament uses 19 LEDs to give the illusion of an exploding and imploding six point star. Est. cost: $10.
ELEMENTARY ELECTRONICS Jan-Feb 1981 (v.21#1) pg. 43

Store Christmas tree lights on empty electrical-wire spools.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #313 Nov-Dec 1990 (v.40#10) pg. 99

Safety guidelines for installing Christmas lights.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #343 Nov-Dec 1993 (v.43#10) pg. 10

Tip on hanging holiday lights from gutters without leaving the ground. Use steel plumbers strap to fashion hooks for the light string and a long stick fitted with a magnet to install and remove the hooks.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #384 Dec 1997-Jan 1998 (v.48#1) pg. 50

Rockhound Christmas projects. (1) A lighted wooden box with Christmas symbol cutouts is mounted on a gemstone slab. (2) A Christmas card holder of stone slabs and tumbled gems.
GEMS & MINERALS #506 Dec 1979 pg. 24

Holiday Light Sequencer provides power to four strings of lamps. Produces several different selectable sequences (patterns).
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Dec 1988 (v.5#12) pg. 29
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Mar 1989 (v.6#3) pg. 4

Simple maintenance tips for Christmas tree lights.
HOME MECHANIX #692 Dec 1985 (v.81) pg. 26

The latest in holiday lighting. New ways to decorate your home for the holidays.
HOME MECHANIX #771 Dec 1992-Jan 1993 (v.88) pg. 70

A "Santa switch". A foot operated switch to turn Christmas tree lights on, off, and half-power. Est. cost: $10.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1984 (v.1#3) pg. 70

How to make Christmas tree electric candles that look like the first commercially produced Christmas light sets of the 1880's.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Nov 1978 (v.6#11) pg. 129

A Christmas turn on. Ceramic Santa Clause figure actually conceals a relay switch for turning on the Christmas tree lights.
POPULAR CERAMICS #496 Nov 1990 (v.41#4) pg. 12

Ordinary bulbs become sparkling, flickering decorations when powered by an electronic candle lighter.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Nov 1964 (v.21#5) pg. 49

Christmas lights twinkle to music.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Dec 1964 (v.21#6) pg. 45

Christmas-tree lighting system. A microprocessor-based controller flashes 8 strings of lights in various combinations of patterns, rotations, reversals, and fades. Est. cost: $70.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1989 (v.6#12) pg. 41
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