Wedding decorations with Battery Powered LED lights

Now, I touch on this subject just about every other blog, BUT there are just so many wedding happening I thought I could lend some more insight. Weddings, likes so many of us know, don't always happen in churches. They can be in a field, large civic centers, plantations, homes, just about anywhere people can gather can be the venue for a wedding. While all of these sound like great places for a couples "special day" they can sometimes have a definite lack in the number of power outlets. Let's face it, fields usually don't have power outlets for a P.A. and with christmas lights beginning to become a staple at weddings we want to show that you don't need a wall outlet to light up your event...just a couple AA batteries.

Battery powered LED sets are great. There, I said it, they are awesome. They give you the same brightness and look as sets that plug into a wall but they can just for over a day on 2 AA batteries. We carry a variety of bulb styles for battery powered LED sets, Concave, Short M5, and M5. All of these work great, and we've had 1 set break on a customer in the 4+ years we've been selling them.

• Concave - Our favorite, they have a simple style bulb that has the widest viewing angle, bright colors, and have a small bulb.
  
• M5 - The look of classic mini lights only faceted. Simple long skinny bulbs that work great and add the perfect touch of light to a decoration.
• Short M5 - Just like M5s just with a much shorted length.

All of these Battery powered sets work great for any application and would be the perfect addition to your special day. Click here to view these LEDs By the Set or
By the Case

New Music Christmas Light Controller!

Holiday Lightshow Music controller and Timer with Speaker and 10 Songs
Includes: Control box with approx. 4' power cord & Speaker with approx. 15' attached wire. 2 Ground stakes

Product Features:
Energy Saver Timer Settings
On
Off
Dawn to Dusk (plays from sunset to sunrise)
or 2, 4, 6 or 8 hours (starts at sunset and plays for the statement amount of hours)

Easy-to-Use Control Box Function Settings
All On: all the connected items are on
Song Loop: plays all the preprogrammed songs
AUX: unit is on standby unless an MP3 player is connected
Effects: lights are on, but sound is off
Song Skip: moves to the next song 10 preprogrammed holiday songs

Built In Song List:
Deck The Halls
Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
Nutcracker Medley
HARK! The Herald Angels Sing
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Bell Carol
Jingle Bells
Christmas Medley
Religious Medley
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman

6 built-in power outlets; each rated for 1.25 amps - just plug in the lightshow items and you're done Replaceable 8A 125V UL fuse - helps guard against overloading

MP3 player compatible - customize your holiday lightshow experience by playing your own music; just turn the setting to AUX and plug in your own MP3 player

Control box measures approx. 10"H x 10"W x 5" deep
Speaker measures approx. 8-1/4"H x 5"W x 5-1/2" deep
ETL listed Made of plastic and electronics Runs on AC power

For indoor/outdoor use

Patriotic Holiday Lighting

The term "Christmas lights" typically conjures up images of large pine trees lit up with miniature lights and houses lined with bulbs and icicle light sets, but we here at All American Christmas Co. think of "Christmas lights" as a label for a style of product and not a specific seasonal item. Since July 4th and local elections are in full swing we thought we'd do a write up on how lights and strings could be used to decorate for patriotic events and holidays.

Lighting for these type of holidays is really pretty simple! Mini lights are probably the easiest way to decorate, we offer Red, White (Clear if you want to be technical), and Blue lights on white wire. We currently don't offer a pre made Red, White, and Blue mini lights string with all the different color bulbs, but with a little patience you can make them pretty easy! Mini lights can be strung around tables, windows, doors, a porch, anywhere you can attach/hang them!

Led's come in a variety of styles that would look great for a patriotic party/even as well! These Star shaped LEDs look great and would be perfect for decorating. LED sets are great for use year after year, they last up to 50,000 hours and bulbs are incredibly hard to damage! Our battery powered LED sets are great for table decorations, or for lighting outdoors where there may be no immediate power sources. Battery powered LED sets last 9 times longer (if not more) than mini light battery powered sets!

Our Starlight spheres have a patriotic option as well, we have a 7.5' Starlight Sphere with a American flag theme we also have standard Spheres which you could hang together for a great look on your porch or hanging from the ceiling. You can mix and match sizes and colors for a great staggered effect. Spheres have a separate string for hanging so as long as you can find a hook of some sort they hang super easy!

Be sure to visit the site www.aachristmas.com and check out all the great products we have!

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Zach

How to and Product Info videos

We are currently working on developing videos of products and step by step how to's on making custom products we explain so often over the phone. Seeing a video of a controller or specialty product in action speaks louder than words on a page Just being able to see how simple some of the products are to use will, hopefully, instill confidence if purchases of that product. We want to showcase our chasing controllers, our musical controllers, chasing mini lights, twinkle lights, repair and testers, projector, and other specialty products.

For our how to videos we want to show to set up products properly, how to make custom items, how to modify products for different uses. We have years of experience of hands on use with our products and the boss has years of experience with professional installation of everything from mini lights to gigantic commercial decorations. So we hope we can offer some insight into how to make you're light strings and projects come to life with ease.

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Zach

Terminating a C7 or C9 light string

We get calls, quite often actually, about how to end a light string without a plug. There are a few main ways to seal off the end of a light string, Electrical Tape, Liquid Electrical Tape/Insulation, or Heat shrink.

Electrical tape is the most convenient and fastest but sometimes in the weather it can shrink and unravel if not applied properly.

• Always Cut Electrical Tape - Use scissors or a knife to cut your tape, pulling/tearing the tape stretches it and will lead to it shrinking in the weather
• Separate both wires and wrap individually, then together. You don't want to risk a short across the exposed wires.
• Wrap tightly, but again, do not stretch the electrical tape.

Liquid Electrical Tape/Insulation is a great alternative. You can paint, or dip the end of the wires into the can. Be sure to follow all the instructions on the can/container! For better results we recommended doing multiple coats, but be sure to let each coat dry in between applications.

Heat Shrink is a personal favorite of mine. It's safe, long lasting, and looks great. Be sure to use the proper size, in my experience the small the better.

• Separate the wires and heat shrink individually. Leave excess on the end so that the end of the wires do not touch. I leave enough to fold over after first shrink process
• Hit it with a heat gun for a few seconds
  
• Fold the ends of the excess heat shrink down after you shrink it onto the wires
• Slip a larger piece of heat shrink over both wires, making sure you keep the folded heat shrink down
• Hit it with heat gun and you should have a nice looking, well protected tip of your wire.

I hope this gives some insight as to how we make custom light strings and how to properly terminate a C7 or C9 Stringer.
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Zach