Originally posted by Terra

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Too bad the mini lights can't be interchanged like the old C9s.

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Oh really?

Mini incandescent lights are typically strung in multiples of 50. So long as the lights are only steady-lit, they are all interchangeable with other 50-bulb (or 100-bulb, or 150-bulb) strings. The same is true of multiples of 35, though I don't think those are as common. This is how I got a bunch of single-color strings of lights from several boxes of multi-color mini-lights.

Mini-lights with electronic controls typically use standard bulbs as well, but which kind of replacement you need (35 or 50) usually isn't obvious from the number of bulbs.

The only other kind of mini-lights have individual blinking bulbs. Working with these requires more knowledge than most people reading this care about.


Oh, and LEDs aren't standardized. Some don't even have replaceable bulbs. (Of course, those are the ones that are burning out on me.)

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