Led Tree Lights - Can I Add Long Strings Together?

[Carlbroadbridge]

Last Christmas, I wound 6 x 720 LED strings round a tree in the front garden. It looked rather nice. It took 2 days to install, so I left them there all year. Now, quite a lot of the bulbs are rather pathetic. I've bought another two strings of 960 LEDs to add to the others.

Can I wire them up together somehow - all the transformers and function (twinkling/chasing etc.) boxes are rather cumbersome and I'm not sure my sockets can cope with too many extensions.

We have had an external double socket wired in just for the tree lights.

Is there any way of joining different strings together without loosing power to the bulbs? Keeping all the plugs dry may also be a problem as they are such bulky transformers (last year we had 6 cables snaking in through the window, and they were all plugged in indoors). Adding another two strings will make it even harder!

Any advice will be very gratefully received.

Thank you very much,

Carl

 

[steptoe]

there are outdoor boxes sold for such instances,

in fact I have one,

but, Im rubbish at doing links, so Im sure someone else will be along and show you what you need,

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

there are outdoor boxes sold for such instances,

in fact I have one,

but, Im rubbish at doing links, so Im sure someone else will be along and show you what you need,

Are you on about one of these things...?

http://www.screwfix.com/p/weatherproof-box-kit/46169

opcorn

 

[NozSpark]

You mean one of these Steps??

http://www.screwfix.com/p/weatherproof-box-kit/46169

 

[steptoe]

something similar,

yes. 

Are you on about one of these things...?

http://www.screwfix.com/p/weatherproof-box-kit/46169

opcorn

 

[NozSpark]

:shakehead

 

[steptoe]

I could swear there is an echo on here some days,   :slap

 

[Apache]

SNAP

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

I could swear there is an echo on here some days,   :slap

The Admins must have taken the curtains down for cleaning before Christmas....

Always sounds echo'y with the curtains down!!

 

[Apache]

You can buy LED lights designed to connect together. You can't just splice all your random ones into the same plug

http://www.ukchristmasworld.com/Shop/Outdoor-Christmas-Lights/Connectable-LED-Lights.html

5000 from a single plug!

 

[Blue Duck]

I'm sure badger would love that! I heard he's had a 3 phase head installed for this years extravaganza.