Smart ideas that make everyday life easier to install in the house

Enough sockets for the Christmas season are really a must! Unfortunately, we forgot one. oops: or rather not directly at the window but next to the bathroom door, around the corner once. Now we have run the cable under the carpet to the socket. That works too, so Wall-E is safe but it’s also annoying.

The outdoor lighting will be a lit tree for the first time. I’m looking forward to it. The LEDs are already in the drawer.

Sometimes I feel a bit like Chevy Chase in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation".
I’m so glad I didn’t install any power outlets on the roof of the house. If I had and it got out, I would definitely have to put a 65,535-flame blinking string of lights back on the roof repeatedly. ! Hopefully, nobody ever invents such a thing with LEDs.....

For that, you would have to chain together a whole bunch of power strips to make it just like in the movie

But for that, you would have to chain together a whole lot of power strips so that it’s exactly like in the movie

It's nice that there are people with humor here. I like that.

I have been watching the movie once a year since 1993. And I always laugh just as hard as the first time about how the man installs his "electrical setup".....and then later that icicle in the neighbor’s B&O system. Simply brilliant.

When I finish the lawn next year, I will also connect the many garden lighting points (so far only the cables are laid in the ground). My idea is – while I’m at it – to install next to each very discreet low-power lamp (I think I planned about 14) an IP-67 outdoor ground socket. My wife doesn’t know about this plan yet (or rather, I told her that I wouldn’t do it ). I bet 1000,- and an ice cream for everyone: It won’t be enough......lol.

I have been watching this movie once a year since 1993. And I always laugh myself silly just like the first time, at how the man installs his "electrical system"..... and then later that icicle in the neighbor's B&O system. Simply genius.

"Begging? But we have our pension!" Btw, watch the movie in the original; Eddie does have a terrible accent, but the lines are (still) better. The above quote doesn't exist in the original btw; Aunt Betty recites the pledge of allegiance, that's why Eddie stands up. This slapstick comedy is an annual must-have. Greetings from the Rhineland

Right. That's why it's on DVD in our cabinet.

So far, our power cable in the garden is just buried around. The thing with the outdoor sockets......I have to interview my husband about that. I think the idea is good!

True. That's why we have it on DVD in our cabinet.

So far, our power cable is also just buried in the garden. About the outdoor sockets... I'll have to interview my husband about that. I think it's a good idea!

Hi,

I have the Chevy somewhere on the HDD. But now it keeps showing up somewhere again...*happy*.

The cables - I have several circuits - are already coming out of the ground at the appropriate spots.

Since I didn't want to just run the cable in and out of the lamps anyway, I think I'll put one IP67 junction box per lamp. If I have to dig a hole anyway, I can make it a bit bigger and install an IP67 floor socket next to it. Whether it will be 14 of them... we'll see. But definitely at least 7 comfortably. I just remembered that at about 75% (there's a mark) I had to switch from 5-core to 3-core because back then I ran out of the 5-core outdoor cable, only had 3-core on the reel, and didn't feel like buying something new that day. From that point on, only lighting is possible and sensible anyway. Saves time and the purchase of further 240-V powered LED decorative light-and-blink items...*grin*.

For the most part, the lamps in the garden will only be ambient lighting. After all, I don't want football stadium lighting here. The neighbors would appreciate that. Only the strip along the terrace will have more brightness, as well as the separate circuit to the detached outdoor terrace. There are two beech trees on the left and right here - otherwise there is an unobstructed view of about 100 km in good visibility - which will then receive tree lighting. Sounds expensive, but it isn't with today's LED technology. One thing is clear: This is an outdoor installation, and of course, the master electrician I fully trust will accompany me again. The whole thing doesn't just have to be installed perfectly. I also have to make sure never to overload a circuit (with planned 2-3 watts per lamp), which is also not a primary risk at first.

Best regards, Thorsten