How to Put up Christmas Mini Lights Outside Without Blowing Fuses

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Limit the amount of attached lights.

   Do not put more than three strings of mini-lights end-to-end.
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   Step 2: You can get around this three string "limitation" by using inexpensive outdoor outlet power stakes.

   These are three (or more) outlets on a stake that you push into the ground.
   
   Some models have timers which can be set for a period of hours or from dawn to dusk.
   
   This is useful with Christmas lights.
   
   Assuming you have two outdoor electrical outlets, plug a power stake into each one.
   
   That gives you a total of six outlets. , Each outlet should have a maximum of three strings plugged end to end.
   
   Six outlets accommodate a total of eighteen strings. , The key is to never plug more than three strings of min-lights together.
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   Step 3: Plug the mini-light strings into the outlets on the power stakes.

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   Step 4: There seems to be no problem daisy chaining power stakes

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   Step 5: so you can plug additional power stakes into these six outlets to give you even more outlets.

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