well I got a photo of them at night!

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wow they look nice :0)

Those look so nice at night!!

Maria

Wow, those look really pretty. Great Job!

Very pretty! They look so much nicer than the plastic type of shade on the solar lights.

What a good idea! I've been trying to think of things to do with the insulators I have. Thanks for sharing that info. They really look good.

are they solar lights or are they electric?

My mistake,they are NOT solar,they're electric lights that come on at dark. I need to get a new set,too many of these aren't working,and we've had them a long time. Thanks for the nice comments,ya'll. I really love how it looked changed out with the insulators.

They are wonderful!! Glad you stayed up to get the second picture.

Kudzukween,
Those look great! I was the one who came up with the idea (about 3 years ago). I did the same with cheapie innerds from plastic Malibu lights. We strung the landscape wire through PVC aroudn my pond, up and back through "risers" in the PVC. i have it set too so they come on at dark. Here's a photo. I thought I had one of them with the lights on at dark...If I findthat I'll post it...
Love,Jules

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Ok, here's another photo I found.
{{gwi:184406}} The picture does not do it justice (look off the he top left corner--thats the pond area). It is just as bright as your lights. You know, this one may have been taken when we had strung them through with Chrismtas white twinkly lights. That was a beast of a job and they didn't last that long (and not as bright as the picture depicts). Now, just those lights really light up the area at night. I would LOVE to do everything solar and wind generated if possible.
Your lights look fabulous.
Love, Jules

Jules! Yes,those are the ones I copied:) Those are gorgeous, I wanted some just like that. I might try some twinkly ones at Christmas time.

Darn it, I can't see the pictures because Photobucket is doing maintenance right now. It's driving me crazy!! I have so many insulators, and this idea sounds great because I hate the look of my lights right now.

Those are so cool, and I am totally going to copy off of you! Hope you don't mind! I'm going outside right now to see if mine will fit. Very creative thinking!

Oh boy I better hide these photos from my hubby.He has a love for insulators also!

Hi Kudzukween,

I'm so honored that someone thought it was cool enough to copy. I just get sick of the "candle' holders people make out of insulators. WEll, don't string Christmas lights through a PVC and put it underground.My thinking was to use something OTHER than the landscaping wire for outdoors and a transformer. I foudn that the PVC (I want to say it was schedule 40-?? 1 1/2' wide) was what I used and it fit perfectly so the insulator just sat on the lip of the PVC... So, I took these tongith...Now, mind you I have a spotlight on the pond rocks. Here is an individual closeup of one of them:
Individual Insulator Malibu Light
Love, Jules

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Those are wonderful! I have a ton of old insulators my dad had. Now if only I can figure out how to rig them with the solar lights I have! Hmmmmmmmmmmm.........

Thanks for the great idea...and pictures!

~Sandy~

They do look neat - and I have lots of insulators! Which brand of lights did folks use and where can you get them. A customer of mine wants to use lights on one of my benches. This would work OK.
Thanks for sharing the tip, Steve

Thanks Jules, I loved your idea. What I used was some lights I bought at Lowes after the storm. Some of the lights don't work anymore, I need new ones, but I haven't gone to price any yet. These had round plastic covers, black and clear,and I took those off,and set these right on top of the lightbulbs,I think it has either 10 or 12 lights to the set, it was a perfect fit for each insulator,and they're all different sizes,so that's a good thing! I thought we paid $20 dollars in the fall for them,on sale,but my DH said we paid more like $40. It really does look good,and I can't wait to get a new set,and put more insulators out there.

Kudzukween,

I used the cheap $5 light kit sold in a plastic bag--I think it was Malibu brand. I used the socket and the bulb, threaded the wire through the pipe and attached to the landscpaing electric wire (the socket has wire that grip around and throguh the wire) They fir just perfectly in the pipe. All I do is set the lip of the insulator sits on the rim of the pipe. I can change out the bulbs easily when they go bad. Hope I've helped.

Love, Jules