NEWTOUR Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I was wonderingif it is more cost efficient to buy SPT-2 wire, sockets, and bulbs th just buy strands and cut off to length or black out sockets.If it is better to run my own with SPT-2 wire is there anything i should know?thanks in advance for you help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 If you are using led light it is better to buy bulk rolls of either c9 or c7 and cut to lenght and add retrofit bulbs you can't cut led bought string lenghts with out a lot of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWTOUR Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I am using LED's. So i can cut them to whatever lenght i need, and just put male and female vampire ends on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Maue Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Are you using LED strands with lights already on them when you bought them? Or retrofit LED lights that you screw into C7 or C9 sockets? Per Dennis' comment above, you can only cut strands to length if you're using the retrofit LED bulbs. At least without doing a bunch of extra work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeiilll Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 NEWTOUR wrote:I am using LED's. So i can cut them to whatever lenght i need, and just put male and female vampire ends on?If you are using the retro fit bulbs then sure - that would work fine. You could add sockets in to make the strings up with whatever bulb spacing you chose as well.Just watch out for the vendor and/or retro bulbs that you use as not all bulbs will work with LOR for dimming, twinkle, fading, etc.Also there are different bulbs as to how many LEDs are in each bulb that affects the brightness and characteristics of the bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWTOUR Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 It appears that if I buy the socketed spools then I will have alot of extra work isthis correct? You would advise the Screw on and set your own spacing. Do you know where i can get them any cheaper than 100ft of spt-2 for $22.30 and spt-2 sockets for $15 for 100 pieces. that is at EZsales.com. Still haven't found the bulbs themself yet, but want LED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 GO online and look for c7 or c9 bulk spools you will find the spacing of your choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LORisAwesome Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 CDI has both the C9 retro LED bulbs that are dimmable, 1000 ft spools of spt, and vampire plugs .www.creativedisplays.comJerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LORisAwesome Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Forgot to mention, they also have the bulk spools.The vampire plugs also work well on the bulk spools.Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Try Skycraft for your SPT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Maue Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Also try WLC Ventures (http://www.wlcventures.com). His group buy is already finished, but assuming he has some left, his prices are good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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