Socket for christmas lights

sam.ssrs

I have Christmas lights left by the previous owners which I would like to light up this year. However, the lights have this 3 pins small plug The pins are really thin and pointed. I have never seen such plug before. This probably is a low-voltage plug but I am not sure.

Where can I find a compatible socket (female part) with a transformer and a standard 3-pin UK plug that I can just put into one of my garden sockets to light these up?

TELLIT01

What you describe is, as you suspect, the 'plug' which goes into a transformer, and the transformer is then plugged in to a wall socket. Lights are comparatively inexpensive now and I wouldn't want to use any where I don't know their history.

[Deleted User]

Hi,


can you stick a photie up, please?

coffeehound

Is it like this?

Paula_Smith

Have you got sockets that shape in your house? We used to have them at work for a lighting circuit, but I believe you could swap them for a standard plug (please get confirmation from elsewhere first though)

sam.ssrs

coffeehound wrote: »

Is it like this?

Nope, this is way too big for what I have. I will try to get a photo and add it here.

savemoney

As said its probably needs a transformer most modern lights now have little plugs that then connect small socket that then goes to small transformer they the small plugs have a small notch so you get them in the right way. Lights are so cheap these days not worth looking for parts, I been there done that when transformer goes a real headache finding one right price as cheap to buy new set

sam.ssrs

savemoney wrote: »

As said its probably needs a transformer most modern lights now have little plugs that then connect small socket that then goes to small transformer they the small plugs have a small notch so you get them in the right way. Lights are so cheap these days not worth looking for parts, I been there done that when transformer goes a real headache finding one right price as cheap to buy new set

The only thing I am trying to avoid is having to rewire the whole house, externally, with new lightings. I have to call someone to do that which is definitely not going to be less than a couple of hundred quids.

savemoney

I wasn't referring to rewire house no where in your first post mentions that, I was referring to the xmas light transformer for xmas lights

sam.ssrs wrote: »

The only thing I am trying to avoid is having to rewire the whole house, externally, with new lightings. I have to call someone to do that which is definitely not going to be less than a couple of hundred quids.

sam.ssrs

savemoney wrote: »

I wasn't referring to rewire house no where in your first post mentions that, I was referring to the xmas light transformer for xmas lights

Sorry, what I meant was, this christmas light left by the previous owner covers most of my house's exterior including the roof. I was referring to removing this and getting a new light installed in the same way would not be cheap.

Carrot007

sam.ssrs wrote: »

Sorry, what I meant was, this christmas light left by the previous owner covers most of my house's exterior including the roof. I was referring to removing this and getting a new light installed in the same way would not be cheap.

The time to complain was when you moved in and they left lights without a power source which is often different for every light and changes every year (yes I am over stressing it).


They should have left the transformer if they had it. You should have asked them to remove it.


Since they did not it is probable they are old and do not work anyway. Should have been covered one way or another when you moved. Did you not notice them till you moved in?


Additional: Of course it's cheap. Labour if you cannot do it yourself on the other hand...