Monday, October 1, 2012

Light Clips


There is a plethora of ways to affix your Christmas lights to your home these days. Generally in a residential situation you want to use a clip that is not permanent and will not leave evidence that you had Christmas lights up.

To the left, you can see an All in One clip in use; it slides right under the shingle on your roof. IT can also be used on gutters or wherever else you can securely clip it. It can hold C7, C9, mini lights and even some LED lights. The brother to the All in One is the All in One Plus; it’s similar in appearance but has a couple more features that gives it that Plus status. The clip that goes around a gutter or on top of a shingle has an extra hook for hanging wire. For example, if you were using the All in One Plus on your gutters for C7 bulbs and wanted to hang icicle lights as well, you could do that with this one clip.

There are several multi-use clips, such as an omni clip, and are very popular because of the large number of uses. Although clips with just a single use are great if you don’t need all the extra bells and whistles. Shingle tabs, bi-axle clips, icicle clips and s few others are all single use clips. They generally only hold one or maybe two type(s) of bulb.

Most clips don’t require any sort of permanent installation. The c-clip, the parapet clip (which works with the shingle tab clip), the mini light adhesive clip, the quick clip and some others do require some sort of installation that can be permanent. Some clips use a double sided adhesive pad and/or nailing down. This might pose a problem for those of you not wanting to put holes in your siding or roof line. In most cases the clips that require a permanent installation are more for commercial uses or year round lighting.

Check out our selection of lights clips.

Hannah
All American Christmas Co.
www.aachristmas.com
www.allamericanchristmas.com

Thursday, September 27, 2012

All American Christmas Co. on Facebook

We have been on facebook for a while now and this year we hope to really expand it and use it as an outlet for news and to help showcase items. Not only that but we hope to do facebook only sales! Currently we are trying to bump our likes to 200 by thanksgiving 2012. If we get 200 likes by then we will have a very special sale coupon for only our facebook fans!

So please visit the facebook, like it, share it, and help up reach our goal! www.facebook.com/AllAmericanChristmasCo

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
www.aachristmas.com
www.allamericanchristmas.com

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Globe Lights

Globe lights come in such a large variety of sizes and the names they use, G30, G40 and G50, do not give you any idea of what size the bulbs actually are.A rule of thumb for remembering the sizes is, the larger the number the larger the bulb diameter. G50 is the size bulb that most people think of when they hear, traditional globe lights. All globe lights come in either C7 (candelabra) base or C9 (intermediate) base. This way they will fit in any socket that you have around the house from old light strings.

The sizes are as follows: G50 - 2 Inch Diameter
                                           G40 - 1 1/2 Inch Diameter
                                     G30 - 1 Inch Diameter

Globe bulbs are also available in LED's! These bulbs come in G50 size with a C9 base. LED globe lights are gaining popularity due to the low power usage and long life. LED globe bulbs are rated for around 50,000 hours and use around one watt of power.

Globe lights are used for a variety of projects. One of the most popular uses is for outdoor lighting around decks and patios. G50 bulbs as wedding and party lighting is a inexpensive way to get a very dramatic lighting effect. These globe bulbs used along with a Christmas light controller is a great way to achieve a chasing window display lighting. These bulbs are even a great prom or theater productions.

More than just the varying size of globe bulbs, the wattage varies also. G30 and G40 with a C7 base bulbs are 5 watts, whereas G50 with a C7 base bulbs are 7 watts. You will have to take wattage into consideration when doing your lighting projects so that you do not overload your wire.

Hopefully this has given you a little insight on globe lights sizes and various applications. Check out our selection of globe lights.




Thursday, September 20, 2012

New Wide Angle LED Battery Sets Price

We've dropped the prices on our 5mm Wide Angle battery light sets! Now they are $6.39 a string! Our Battery Christmas lights are a major upgrade over the old style of battery powered mini lights, LED battery sets last over 25 hours with fresh Alkaline "AA" batteries!

LED sets are great for weddings, center pieces, parties, and other places where you need light without a easy to reach power source. I use them to light my jack o lanterns during the halloween season, using these keeps your pumpkin from drying out from using a candle!

We offer our battery powered LED light strings in a variety of colors in the wide angle bulb style, we are going to be updating our M5 and Short M5 Battery powered LED sets. On the right you can see the bulb next to a US Dime and a ballpoint pen. They are very small and last a long time on a few batteries they are great for small projects and even work in halloween costumes! They come in a variety of colors just like other battery sets.

Visit our Battery Powered LED Christmas Lights Page to see all of our battery sets

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Zach
All American Christmas Co.
www.aachristmas.com
www.allamericanchristmas.com

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Halloween Lights and Decorations

Halloween will be here before we know it. It is time to start decorating for this fun and spooky holiday! Nowadays you can usually find a huge selection of decorations for Halloween, but why not light up your house for all the trick or treaters?

C7 and C9 opaque orange bulbs on black wire are perfect for Halloween decor. You can string them inside your house, outside your house or even in the trees and bushes. It will give  your house a little different look then the rest of the houses in your neighborhood.

Something else to think about is novelty lights. There are so many cute options to fit any fall and Halloween decor you choose. Mini lights with pumpkins, ghosts and black cats or mini lights that look like candy corn. What about Halloween icicle lights? These come with spiders on them or in orange and black mini lights. They are cute and festive!

If you want to go very different you can pick the Halloween light displays. LED bats, jack-o-lanterns and wagons full of pumpkins. Light displays are great for homes or businesses to help get people in the Halloween spirit!

Halloween is all about having fun, so let's have fun with decorations!

Click here to check out the selection of Halloween lights and decorations we have to offer!

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Hannah
All American Christmas Co.
www.aachristmas.com
www.allamericanchristmas.com