Outdoor Fairy Lights

andy greenwood

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Hi

The gaffer is wanting to buy some outdoor fairy lights to maybe wrap round the poles on our railsail.
Can anyone recommend where to buy some from ? I've seen some on Amazon but they got poor reviews
 
The solar powered ones are rubbish.

Try looking at xmas string lights running on a small inverter. (Maybe connected to a spare battery)

Or a 12v led string lights... off the van battery or a second small battery.

Have a look here 》

FlagPoleLights | Online Shopping |Flag Pole Lights

And here》

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterproof...s=gateway&sprefix=warm+white+led+strip&sr=8-3

And....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RONSHIN-Be...ry+lights+12v&qid=1563825366&s=gateway&sr=8-3

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unfortunately I had already ordered the solar ones from Funk leisure before reading your post. I'll give them a go and see what they are like :thumbsup:
 
Thanks

Looking at there wind socks and poles aswell

Bought a awning from them last year, they were sound next day delivery
Couldn’t fault them


Andy
 
Thanks

Looking at there wind socks and poles aswell

Bought a awning from them last year, they were sound next day delivery
Couldn’t fault them


Andy

Hi
I've bought quite a few bits from funky leisure, always good prices and great delivery :thumbsup:
 
The mrs wants some fairy lights on our awning (don't they all?) :whistle:

I was wondering how to power them. I thought about just buying battery powered lights and using rechargeable batteries since the lights will only be on for a few hours at a time.

Or buying a small car battery and buying some 12v lights. That brings me to how to connect them to the battery. I would like fool proof way of connecting, rather than using crocodile clips :laugh: so a switch or a plug of some sort.

Any ideas on the above or alternatives? Sorry if this is really basic! I am new to vans & 12v. :cool:

ps I already have a leisure battery installed in my conversion
 
Thanks, what are you plugging in to, your dash (so car battery)? :)
My leisure battery is under the drivers seat and I have a Power source, you could always use the one on the dash as they have a couple of metres of cable before the lamps.
 
May be easier to use a decent power bank USB supply as long as you can keep it dry. Could recharge in the van.

I made up some fairy lights that originally ran on 3v (2x AA) and put a couple of resistors in series and an old USB lead that I butchered and made them run on USB.
 
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