Thread: PVC Flicker Candles

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Thanks so much everyone

do you use battery powered lights or are they hard wired?

That's awesome Terra. I was checking yours out and I think next year I'm gonna modify mine to your method using the flicker bulbs. This way i can have my display running every night on a timer rather than just being able to use it on Halloween night. I think it should be fairly easy since I have all the painting and hot glue done BTW My wife loves you tombstones, especially "Beloved"

Terra if I may?
With the shape of the top of your candela, (that are AWSOME): if it were to rain, would water pool in the depressed area around the bulb and socket?

Originally Posted by jimmyzdc

That's awesome Terra. I was checking yours out and I think next year I'm gonna modify mine to your method using the flicker bulbs. This way i can have my display running every night on a timer rather than just being able to use it on Halloween night. I think it should be fairly easy since I have all the painting and hot glue done BTW My wife loves you tombstones, especially "Beloved"

Wow, jimmyzdc, thanks for the kudos. I really, really loved your idea but since I figured I needed 60 of those puppies, I didn't want to go to each one every night and turn them on and then off. Them all being on a timer is very nice and worry free.

Maui: They are hard wired. Basically they are a hacked set of Christmas flicker lights.

TNTBrad: I planned for possible water collecting by placing the hot glue almost all the way around the perimeter. I helped it along by Dremeling a channel before the hot glue. Swing by the tutorial at my albums and you will see pictures of what I did. Also, there's a tiny bit of open areas in the flicker bulb socket itself so I assumed that was part of the design. So I didn't seal the bottom of the candles so if any water did get into the pipe, it would drain away.

They've been on every night for two weeks and I haven't even burned out a bulb (knock on my toe-pincher).

Originally Posted by Terra

Thanks again for the tutorial Jimmyzdc!

I made a different version of the flicker candles. I wanted an outdoor version that I could have on a timer. So I hacked a set of Christmas flicker lights and this is what I came up with:

Terra, where did you get all of your flicker bulbs? I've been trying to find some to replace old ones that have gone out. I feel that all of the ones that I have found on the internet the dealer wants to rake me over the coals on shipping.

I'm still curious to know if there are any haunters in the community that could share tid-bits on how to correctly "hack" a string of x-mas lights for safe outdoor use. Terra is saving us from zapping ourselves via her method, so I was hoping someone would shed some *cough* light on the subject.

Anyone?

Hey Rev, Target has a string set of Halloween Flicker lights for $12.99. I just bought 2 packs for my witches cauldron.

Originally Posted by thud

I'm still curious to know if there are any haunters in the community that could share tid-bits on how to correctly "hack" a string of x-mas lights for safe outdoor use. Terra is saving us from zapping ourselves via her method, so I was hoping someone would shed some *cough* light on the subject

:::groan:::

When I made mine I used raw wire and C7 light sockets to essentially make my own Christmas light string.

Push E.

Great job....No!....Must resist making more props!....Still have so much left to do!!!!

Next year...Yeah....Next year.