Q&A: How do you safely use an extension cord with outdoor Christmas lights?
Concern by JazzCat: How do you correctly use an extension cord with outside Xmas lights?
I’m hanging Xmas lights for the initial time and need to connect my home lights to a bush internet mild set. The only outside extension cords I can discover are three prong, the Xmas lighting are two prong. Each internet site I identified claims you have to use a three prong for safety’s sake. How do I function close to this safely?
Finest reply:
Response by MuNcHy
Ha Ha im like clark griswald on national lampoons christmas getaway i use all types of cords when i dangle things up and in no way had a difficulty but been undertaking it for years can not actually solution ya buddy
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Wrap the connection with electrical tape and you should be OK. Good Luck!!!
Go to you local hardware store and ask for an adapter…it plugs into a three and allows you to plug in a two prong.
GoGreen is right
I used a (i don’t know what its called) thing that has a 2 prong male and a 3 prong female. PLugged the xmas lights into one end and the other into the outlet. But I made sure this was inside (i attached it in the garage) and went from there.
you can cut off the 3rd prong on the extension cord plug in your lights an wrap 2 or 3 layers of black electrical tape and then a layer of duct tape on the connection and everything should be fine keep an eye on it to be safe but its not likely any problems will arise they also make a three prong to two prong adapter but still cover all your extension cord to light cord or light cord to light cord connections with black electrical tape to keep water out
If the lights do not have a ground buying an adapter doesn’t make any difference. Plug the grounded extension cord into then the 2 prong male lights into the 3 prong female cord. Just do as said above and make sure to form a proper seal with electrical tape.
They don’t see Christmas lights with a ground so whether you use a 2 or 3 prong extension cord is not going to matter.