Comments on: A Tree Grows in Ybor https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/24/a-tree-grows-in-ybor/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:00:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/24/a-tree-grows-in-ybor/#comment-34820 ER Fri, 25 Dec 2015 21:44:32 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=54104#comment-34820 Thanks, Bowz. Thanks, Bowz.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/24/a-tree-grows-in-ybor/#comment-34817 bowser Fri, 25 Dec 2015 18:18:37 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=54104#comment-34817 Depending upon color, they need 1.7 to 2.1` DC volts. If an inverter tries to cover all colors at once, some voltages will be missed, resulting in a flicker. Depending upon color, they need 1.7 to 2.1` DC volts. If an inverter tries to cover all colors at once, some voltages will be missed, resulting in a flicker.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/24/a-tree-grows-in-ybor/#comment-34802 ER Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:58:10 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=54104#comment-34802 I'm glad to hear about the bubble lights. Merry Christmas, Tom. I never believed in any of that Jesus stuff, but it is a peaceful and pretty time of the year. I’m glad to hear about the bubble lights.

Merry Christmas, Tom. I never believed in any of that Jesus stuff, but it is a peaceful and pretty time of the year.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2015/12/24/a-tree-grows-in-ybor/#comment-34800 TB Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:51:02 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=54104#comment-34800 <p>As far as burning yourself, the blue bulbs were the real bastards.</p> We use LED bulbs in the tree for reliability and long life now, but they flicker when you move your eye past them, and I don't like that. Might switch back to little incandescents some day. We still get real trees every year. Nothing makes the house smell better. Well, maybe the cookie baking. You can still buy bubble lights, thank goodness. As far as burning yourself, the blue bulbs were the real bastards.

We use LED bulbs in the tree for reliability and long life now, but they flicker when you move your eye past them, and I don’t like that. Might switch back to little incandescents some day.

We still get real trees every year. Nothing makes the house smell better. Well, maybe the cookie baking.

You can still buy bubble lights, thank goodness.

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