How do I hack my christmas lights to have just one pattern?

"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian)
05/04/2018 at 15:15 • Filed to: electricalities

Calling all electrically well versed Opponauts and Opponautettes.

I have these regular christmas lights, which you plug into the wall and they light up and blink. They have a “controller”, which is a tiny box with one button. You press the button to cycle through different light patterns (slow, fast blinking, switching lights, etc.). The eight pattern is just the lights staying still. Just like this picture.

I want to just plug them in and have them stay still, all completely lit up without blinking and shit. How do I do that?

I tried googling but I can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. Can someone point me in the right direction, just tell me some keywords to google, or tell me what is the thing I want to do called, is there a technical term for it so that I can find out more?

Disclaimer:
I have never touched a wire in my life, and I want to learn a bit about soldering and stuff, as I’ll be getting a car soon which I’d like to work on myself. This seems like this is a good place to start + it solves an annoying problem.

DISCUSSION (12)

crowmolly > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/04/2018 at 15:26

Probably just a jumper from the power-in connection to the 8 terminal. And you would cut the original power-in.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/04/2018 at 15:27

Chrismas lights can be really cheap, especially ones wiredvin series, why even think about ruining yoye current set over buying one that fits your application?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
05/04/2018 at 15:28

You would likely need to lift the pins on the driver ICs’ inputs to tie them all common. Just putting them all on one output would likely overload a fet.