[Shop-talk] Wiring a string of LED lights

Scott Hall scott.hall at comcast.net
Sun Oct 3 13:26:03 MDT 2010


  I may yet do that if I can't hard-wire this thing.  But since I'd have 
to wire in a box in which I'd plug these in I'd rather just wire the 
lights themselves.

On 10/3/2010 3:17 PM, BJNoSHOV8 wrote:
> I go for quick and easy.  I would buy a cheap extension cord, maybe 
> $0.79 if you look around, then wire your switch into that cord and 
> plug the lights into it.
>
>> That was the only reason I could think of to keep the plug--easy 
>> replace-ability when it fails. But the cord attached to the lights 
>> isn't long enough to get to a place I could wire a box without it 
>> being a pain, yet there's enough cord that if I wrap it up it'll be 
>> in the way (if I wire a box right there).


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