How Christmas Lights Are Made

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Ever had to throw away an entire string of Christmas lights just because one or two bulbs weren’t working? You’re not alone. Some Christmas lights just won’t work with a single burnt-out bulb, while others will just keep on glowing all winter long! What makes some lights different from other lights? Turns out, it’s all in the manufacturing - and how the lights are wired at the factory. Here’s how those massive strings of glowing festival decor are made.
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How Christmas Lights Are Made

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@IAmNotAFunguy 4 года назад

2:13 "and it comes out looking like this" she says pulling out an old school incandescent string when the machine was making an LED string.

@BobMcCoy 5 лет назад

*_It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas_* 🎄

@aspiresnooperr2915 2 года назад

When they all stay lit even if one goes out it’s because the bulbs are equipped with a “shunt” to allow current to keep flowing. If they had a true parallel circuit they would stay lit even if one was entirely missing and that would have a lot of wires. C9’s and c7’s and such can stay lit because each socket “taps” power off the main line

@razelhamnirif 2 года назад

This is literally what I came to learn, was if they were true parallel circuits or no. Thanks.

@tashee8772 4 года назад

Incandescent, old fashioned glass Christmas lights are so much prettier than plastic LED lights.

@musicnerd72 4 года назад

I was just going to say the same thing. LED lights don't give off that warm glow like incandescents do.

@YSLRD 3 года назад

I like the tiny lights.

@showbizwisconsin8350 5 лет назад

Chrismas light enthusiasts are cringing

@LazyHubbStudios 4 года назад

Okay so you showed a green LED string being made. But then when showing what the machine supposedly made, you pull out a multicolor incandescent string. Something tells me y’all didn’t do your homework

@rmalus10297 9 месяцев назад

Does it matter that much? It's made the same way for the most part.

@mrb5217 9 месяцев назад

@@rmalus10297 Yes it does, they're not at all the same. Different bases, different sockets, different bulbs, different power supply. That's like watching a video about how incandescent bulbs are made and then they show some florescent light fixtures in an office.

@robrob7011 3 года назад

I want to see how standard string lights are made. This is about a christmas light string making machine. This is an amateur machine. Will you make a video about the lights that everyone uses?

@showbizwisconsin8350 3 года назад

I know right! I want to see how the incandescent lights you buy at the store are made

@diymadness5110 3 года назад

At last why did u short the circuit(3:12)😂😂.

@ibenb.4767 5 лет назад

"No wayyyyy" was my impression for the whole video

@mikenorman4001 5 лет назад

At 3:10, the end of your strand of lights is shorted. No Christmas for you.

@binladen2739 5 лет назад

geez.. i was really hoping to see how they plastic dip coat the whole thing! :( :(

@lyualex7991 5 лет назад

0086 18857692349

@chrislewis2262 4 года назад

First off they are called Light Emitting Diode aka LED for short not "bulbs". Also newer bulb typed have a shunt device in them so when the bulb blows it keeps the rest of the lights on. The parallel lighting is different then standard strings as they would be the C-7/C-9 screw in type, if you do that with the mini lights and the bulb blows it will directly short the circuit and no bulbs will be lit and blow a fuse.

@showbizwisconsin8350 3 года назад

Yes. Incandescent mini lights have had that shunt device in them for probably 30 years. The reason half or all of the strand goes out is that shunt fails. The reason it's only half is almost all 100 count mini light strings have 2 series circuits of 50 If you use a voltage detector you can pinpoint the bad bulb and replace it, instead of throwing the whole thing in the trash. It's important to replace bulbs when they burn out because when they do, all the rest of the bulbs get a little more voltage because one is absent from the circuit. This means they will blow faster and faster until either a shunt fails or the whole strand burns out.

@chrislewis2262 3 года назад

@@showbizwisconsin8350 I know that, I do a lot with Christmas lights and string setup. You also have older sets of 100- 5 way (5 sets of 20 in one string) and sets of 35. I have a "save a set" light tester for fixing old sets.

@showbizwisconsin8350 3 года назад

@@chrislewis2262 Nice. I use the light keeper pro for fixing my sets. I've taken "broken" lights from people and sometimes you get some that aren't worth fixing, but most of the time, it's just one bad shunt. I have acquired so many lights my whole display was basically free

@chrislewis2262 3 года назад

@@showbizwisconsin8350 the one I have has a plug socket where you plug the string into it pull the trigger and it sends a pulse wave through the string of lights to pop the shunt into place.

@ulrichschwenk6164 8 месяцев назад

The LEDs are tested to find their polarity, not for "charge". LED and incandescent lights are presented without distinction; Not ideal... In the series circuit all lights will go out at the same time if the circuit is broken anywhere. The animation is misleading. It won't look like that. The parallel circuit in the example is shorted

@lyonsdavid 2 года назад

That looks like an INCREDIABLY SLOW PROCESS, no way that's how the Millions of String Lights are made each year!

@CT-vm4gf 2 года назад

I’m sure I’ve seen a machine making these things at lightning speed

@AP-yd2jt 5 лет назад

Christmas Reminds me Of...Home Alone...Movie...My CHildhoooddd😊😊😊😊😘😘

@MrEinsteinProject 5 лет назад

Metoo gonna watch it again and again and again.

@ryanholmes1414 5 лет назад

Play it at 1.25x speed it sounds more normal

@imverycreative5819 4 года назад

I did the same

@PINEFAWKINTREECUNT 5 лет назад

This was like my stem class except it wasn't three months long it was 3 minutes long

@zebunker 4 года назад

You learn no knowledge from this video, just trivia.

@kochang9802 5 лет назад

I wonder if christmas lights can make my day

@PeteSchirmer 5 лет назад

um no thats not what you get from that machine, those are clearly mini incandescent bulb and socket strands in the 'finished' shot, the machine is making hardwired led strands. You also missed completely shunted bulbs, when they go out they cause their own short-circuit to keep the other lights in the strand to stay lit. www.energy.gov/articles/how-do-holiday-lights-work

@lyualex7991 5 лет назад

0086 18857692349 , I will show you hot to make it by machine

@showbizwisconsin8350 3 года назад

Exactly! This machine is making some weird homemade Chinese lights that resemble those crappy solar light strings more then actual Christmas lights. I wish Insider would actually take the time to research just the slightest bit about the subjects they talk about.

@gemgaming4042 3 года назад

This is really interesting 😮

@UHFStation1 Год назад

How are the bulbs made? Colored? How about xmas lights that change color using a program?

@TheThe-fs1zx 4 года назад

In Girl Scouts we used the lightbulbs to make a flashlight. I just felt like telling you’ll this

@CSDM15 3 года назад

“And it comes out like this” Me: *umm, those lights aren’t green*

@shujaturrehmanshujarurrehm7246 3 года назад

Wow nice

@proxprime3545 5 лет назад

*SATISFYING*

@xinderellalee 2 года назад

CVS Christmas lights are made in Cambodia

@newyorkboss6124 5 лет назад

I thought the home alone 🎥 made xmas lights 🤣

@mrb5217 9 месяцев назад

You can tell the woman doing the VO has absolutely no idea what she is saying, she is just reading words.

@Nunya_Bidnez 4 года назад

Every led looks like an R2D2 unit to me.

@mahavirkahar2126 2 года назад

Machine price ?

@ratchet6909 5 лет назад

Why not make a tree that's made up of Christmas lights

@arupkarmakar8891 2 года назад

How much this machine?????

@jesseromano99 9 месяцев назад

Damn does anything get made by hands anymore

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

The producers have a poor understanding of electronics and manufacturing, and proper terminology.

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

@HowardV Berry What's with the almost porn after 100 redirects? Don't you have better things to do with your time?

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

@Isthat_tescosbleach I was hoping for a segment from "How It's Made" with Brooks Moore as the narrator. This episode was visually interesting, and could have been more relaxing with just the factory sounds.

@PaulStrauss 5 лет назад

I agree. They jump between footage of soldered-on LED bulbs and old-fashioned removable incandescent bulbs like they’re one and the same.

@Gangsta_Buggi 5 лет назад

I used to think that God made everything...

@sillykasa 5 лет назад

Oooooo pretty lights

@bentcn8511 5 лет назад

perfect for christmas lights fights

@VishalSingh-de4ol 3 года назад

price

@shrimpexperiment 5 лет назад

👏stranger👏things👏

@strawb3rry41 5 лет назад

I fell like I just went to science class

@zamidharalightdec.2183 4 года назад

Which prize for this machin

@shirkley 5 лет назад

Who has Christmas lights??IIIDOOOO🙋🏻😀

@crown1232 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas from LHR PAKISTAN

@pinkdolphin9587 2 года назад

I got rainbow ones

@JesusKathrynMiller Год назад

✝️🌠😇🔯🧄🐑🕊️🌴🦅🇺🇸🌠🪐🌍🌠🪐🌏🌠🪐🌎Holy Psalm 91 Jesus and KathrynMiller say Thankyou for sharing ✝️🤍✝️💜✝️🦅🇺🇸🍀🍀🍀

@lizperalta2162 5 лет назад

I was actually wondering yesterday how they were made

@glumfish6862 5 лет назад

The parallel circuit showed would not work since it has a short.

@lyualex7991 5 лет назад

parallel type just need about 3 V ,

@sana7630 5 лет назад

I guess you can say this video is pretty lit

@AP-yd2jt 5 лет назад

Once such lights were used in mOst of the houses in INDIA...on Diwali dusshera...but nowdays one get to see only the fancy chinese lights...i Miss Those Days of My Childhood and these lighgs made them better🙂🙂😊

@peachygirl5861 5 лет назад

:o so that’s how there made... The robots get the paycheaks....

@crackle295 5 лет назад

You mean fairy lights =_=

@maia_.2812 5 лет назад

Wow cool

@grapepotatos1921 5 лет назад

0:08 no

@meadowtitus761 5 лет назад

This is epic tho

@spacheco92 5 лет назад

INSIDER always making videos about things I never even gave a second thought. Thank you ♥️

@harry17874 3 года назад

background music name please

@hsvr 5 лет назад

All this plastic waste for a made up festival

@Amitdas-gk2it 5 лет назад

Diwali me same light lagai thi maine

@lyualex7991 5 лет назад

0086 18857692349 , I will show you

@jamesryan6224 5 лет назад

What a bright idea.

@philgamer_309 5 лет назад

Thanks ive always want to know how they are made

@kabirgupta2029 5 лет назад

Do how tape is made, flex tape

@aggimpadogiannis5570 5 лет назад

@gsau3000 5 лет назад

Dear America, the word is sol-der, not sah-der.

@potatochips829 5 лет назад

Oooooooh pretty lights

@haroldcervantes454 5 лет назад

@user-bh5xs3wc9i 5 лет назад

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@mahavirkahar2126 2 года назад

Hii

@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 5 лет назад

Huh, I thought elfs made them

@lyualex7991 5 лет назад

all made by machine

@peytonstallworth 5 лет назад

@sukraj0068 5 лет назад

I’m nice

@t65bx25 5 лет назад

I already knew this... That’s a first for this channel!

@that__wwe__fankrispenwah3522 5 лет назад

I'm asian i dont know why am i watching this?

@bobmchenry7993 2 года назад

Oh my god Americans please use proper pronunciation it's not soder its solder (sold...er) when you sell a house you do sod it you have sold it... Also please get someone who knows about leds current and voltage to narrate as this person has absolutely no idea.