Can the string of lights be shortened?
1279926
The light string is not designed to be shortened. The only way is to cut and terminate the wire. The sockets are fixed and cannot be moved either. This is a great light set, however. Well made. I installed under my patio cover and use a dimmer switch.
1279927
If you are/know an electrician or someone with electrical experience, the strand can be shortened by cutting and stripping the wire and reattaching the plug. I am not an electrician so I don't know all the details, but my husband shortened another string we have. Contact and electrician, they can do it for you in a snap :) Hope that's helpful!
1279928
The lights can be shortened. I was able to do it. You'll need to cut to fit, reattach (or terminate) the wires with electrical connectors, and use tape to seal from the elements.
2133773
If I understand your question correctly, you want to cut the lights, separate them and then join them back with wire, making the total length longer. If this is what you want to do then the answer is yes. Make sure you cut where the white line is on the led strips and then strip plastic to expose the wire and solder your additional wire to the led wire. The lights will need a 12 volt power supply and I also added a dimmer to control how much light. They are very bright.
1924461
Yes. In between each of the light sets is a cut line. You can cut it there without a problem.
2113544
If it's not 12 feet of lights it is close. You can add additional strings too. We love our lights and use them 365 days a year outdoors and normally get a few years of use before having to replace them.
1757230
yes I suppose you could if you were to screw a hook like device into the ceiling and use the ring out of the light to suspend it, therefore eliminating the chain all together. There would still most likely be about 2 or 3 inches space to the ceiling.
1854274
It can be placed in the middle or at the end. Really it can be placed anywhere within 12 inches of the cable the lights are attached to.
1626315
There are designated "cut" spots along the length of the rope lights, we just measured them and they are 1 meter (about 3 feet) apart. Your first length will already be connected to the plug but if you want to use the remaining lights you'll need to get additional plugs or connectors. We needed a long piece to go inside the crown molding of our formal dining room and this fit the bill perfectly. The lights work great and look great.
1108693
I have not added light fixtures. The rail of the fixture is flexible, so you can make it curve. This reduces the length, if you get what I mean. Ours is moderately curved and takes up a span of about 11.5 feet.
366527
I think there is the possibility to make it shorter (pull up the cords inside the housing that attaches to the ceiling), however, you cannot make it longer. We have 12 foot ceiling and needed to extend conduit down about 2 feet to attach the light to in order to put it at a height that made sense.
227842
You can hang a string or something like fishing wire from the small nub at the end of the light.
1733051
You can use as much or a little chain as you want, including not using any at all (although that might look a little odd). To shorten the chain, you just need to bend one of the links and remove the rest. The wire can be easily cut to what ever length you wish and stripped for wiring to a switch/plug/box.
2209273
Yes because the two ends can connect together; so you can connect to the light from the panel or to any number of other like extension cords and then to the light. You can string them together, yes.
628908
Yes I believe it can. you will be able to run more lights on a longer string since LED'S use less watts.
1872099
Yes there very small plugs on each string of lights. The short jumper cable connect between each light strip. These plugs will pull, they may be tight, but they will come out. A very small screwdriver will help. You could also use a small pair of needle nose pliers. Hope this helps. Paul
887364
I don't think that would even be a wise project to attempt. Even if you cut them and could recrimp them shorter it would be almost impossible to get all 60 of them the perfect height. You would ruin the light.
247473
Let me clarify. They have 2 wires you plug into each other so the wire can be shortened.
1525710
No, the light is produced from 5 small diodes which cannot be individually replaced. It would be cheaper to replace the entire fixture.