tootsieroll23 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 We finally put our tree up and DH knows I like a lot of lights on the tree. We have 28 strands, 100 lights per strand, "for a grand total of 2800 imported Italian twinkle lights" on a 7' tree. I wonder if there is a limit to how many lights you should have on a tree? Judging from the heat coming off the tree, I don't think we will need to use the fireplace this year. DH added some more strands to fill in some holes and now there are 3200 lights on the tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitterstarr Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I love lots of lights on a tree. To me the lights make the tree. I have probally close to 1000 lights on mine this year and it's a 6 footer. I also think it needs more lights but my family says I'm light crazy. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastasalad Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I LOVE lotsa lights too...we have a very nice pre-lit tree and I am still trying to add lights to it Up until last year we always had a real tree and I always bought box after box of lights(i can relate to 2800 lights,its NOT to much-its just well-worth it!)I would start deep inside the tree meticulously adding strand after stand then slowly work my way outwards with the lights-the result "breathtaking" it doesnt quite work that way with my pre-lit my family thinks I have lost it!!!! I guess I have given up adding extra lights because our prelit was expensive(we bought it thinking "investment" ) and I dont wanna mess up what we have so maybe I am over-compensating on the ornaments this yr I found some GREAT BF deals- maybe we can post pics of our trees in this thread-or has that already been started?? I so LOVE this time of year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverbffool Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 We have a 9ft artifical tree, almost 40 strands of lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooot Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 We finally put our tree up and DH knows I like a lot of lights on the tree. We have 28 strands, 100 lights per strand, "for a grand total of 2800 imported Italian twinkle lights" on a 7' tree. I wonder if there is a limit to how many lights you should have on a tree? Judging from the heat coming off the tree, I don't think we will need to use the fireplace this year. DH added some more strands to fill in some holes and now there are 3200 lights on the tree The rule of thumb is 300 Mini lights per foot, which means if you have a 7 1/2ft. tree you will need 2250 lights. Anything over that really becomes a fire hazard especially if you use only one oulet. Having siad that I agree, the more lights the better. I do however spread the lights out to two different sockets. Even though I have a prelit tree I do add extra lights and this year I am adding 4 sets of bubble lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsieroll23 Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 The rule of thumb is 300 Mini lights per foot, which means if you have a 7 1/2ft. tree you will need 2250 lights. Anything over that really becomes a fire hazard especially if you use only one oulet. Having siad that I agree, the more lights the better. I do however spread the lights out to two different sockets. Even though I have a prelit tree I do add extra lights and this year I am adding 4 sets of bubble lights.Oh boy then we are 1000 over our limit. DH puts 4 strands together and then puts those on a extention cord. Then he will do 4 more strands and put those on another extention cord so on and so on. Then he plugs all the extention cords into a surge protecter. We have looked at the prelit trees, but weren't really sure if you could add your own lights. DH would like it if you could then it wouldn't take so many hours to do our lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsieroll23 Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 I LOVE lotsa lights too...we have a very nice pre-lit tree and I am still trying to add lights to it Up until last year we always had a real tree and I always bought box after box of lights(i can relate to 2800 lights,its NOT to much-its just well-worth it!)I would start deep inside the tree meticulously adding strand after stand then slowly work my way outwards with the lights-the result "breathtaking" it doesnt quite work that way with my pre-lit I know what you mean about "breathtaking" (DH is thinking more like back breaking). It looks so nice that I don't even know if I want to put any ornaments on the tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena_398 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 LOL, I have a 7.5 ft prelit tree. Not about to count. A lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy72 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I dont really know how many I have on mine...I have a 7.5 ft tree and I put lights on each layer of branches.....love my lights on it..I dont have enough this yr so I am hitting the store for some bargains to get more for next yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berry1014 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 650. we have a prelite tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanaBanana Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Wow! Thats alot of lights... I thought my 12 ft tree had a lot with its 1800 lights :)http://mommyoftlca.tripod.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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