Holiday Lighting Tips From the Experts

Holiday Lighting Tips From the Experts

Christmas lights bring warmth to your holiday season. The Christmas lights of today can light up trees and homes with tiny solid or twinkling lights of clear or differing colors. They can cause frustration with their long tangled up cords, and burnt out bulbs. The world was introduced to these lights in 1882 by Edward Johnson who was a friend and partner to the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison. Though these lights were not being used to celebrate holidays, the tradition of making the winter festive with the light and warmth of fire is was a long loved one, and this would prove to be much safer than lighting the tree with candles!

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Does the brand of battery matter?

Does the brand of battery matter?

Does it make a difference what brand of battery you use in your remote controls for your electronics? How about your alarm panels, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors? Does it matter what battery you use in your motion detectors and door contacts? Let’s break it down a bit and answer these questions for you. Whenever buying any batteries, make sure to check that alkaline is actually written on the packaging to get the best performance battery with high capacity and long shelf life.

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