Lights-Alive provides free design services for our customers. Send us a few digital photos of your house and yard and we will design a custom show for you. While there will be a minimal fee up front for these services, all design fees will be credited back to your account when you place an order for your system from us.
You’ve made a considerable investment in your holiday lighting system, but all it takes is just one major power surge and you’re out of business. What’s worse, most manufacturers of electronic equipment specifically exclude damage caused by power surges from their warranties. Thus, not having a quality surge suppressor can be inconvenient, but it can also be quite costly.
Our premium surge suppressors, from industry leader Tripp•Lite, not only offer a maximum degree of protection, but they back their claims with a lifetime product warranty plus $50,000 insurance on connected equipment.
In addition to power line spikes, the Tripp•Lite Ultra series surge suppressors also filter out annoying radio frequency interference (RFI) that could potentially cause noise in your audio equipment or unexpected glitches with your light controllers or computer.
In addition to the toroidal chokes, ferrite rod-core inductors, HF/VHF capacitors and the metal oxide varistors that protect your connected equipment and remove RFI, these surge suppressors are also equipped with three (3) light emitting diode (LED) indicators to confirm operation of the suppressor, proper site wiring (i.e., incorrectly wired outlet) and other fault conditions.
The all metal construction offers widely spaced outlets for transformers. A space-saving angled input plug is standard. Outlet covers are provided for unused outlets. It’s no coincidence that the Tripp•Lite Isobar Ultra series is the world’s number one selling premium surge suppressor.
When considering the cost of these industrial style devices, just remember that this is a really low cost lifetime insurance policy that happens to come with a surge protector.
FEATURES
• All metal housing
• Isolated filter banks
• 2350 joule rating (2200 joule for Isobar 4U)
• $50,000 Ultimate Lifetime Insurance
(USA, Puerto Rico & Canada only)
• Isobar 825U is the same as the Isobar 8U, but with a
25-foot power cord
8-Outlet Long Cord List Price: $
135.00
Our Price: $
71.00
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TD-ISO825U
Surge Suppressors
When constructing a Halloween or Christmas scene, it seems that there are never enough outlets. Sure you can find the cheap but unreliable plastic power strips or you can go to your local electrical supplier and find extremely expensive metal power strips, but their outlets are simply too far apart to be useful, even after you pay the premium price.
Our all-metal power strips offer outlets that are approximately 2-1/2” apart (center to center). That’s close enough to give you an ample supply of outlets, while far enough apart to allow the use of transformers. These power strips, by industry leader Tripp•Lite, are equipped with a lighted and covered power switch and a 15 amp circuit breaker. The 15’ power cord virtually eliminates the need for ordinary extension cords.
This product has a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty.
A 72-Inch, 24 Outlet strip is available by special order.
Kill-a-Watt Meter
Determining exactly how many lights you can connect to a particular circuit and through what size cable can be quite confusing… especially when dealing with a mixture of conventional light strings, LED lights and commercially made props or decorations. However, doing so is of critical importance. At a minimum, overloaded circuits can blow fuses or trip circuit breakers and interrupt your show. Of a more serious nature, overloaded circuits can ruin equipment or even cause fires.
If you know the math formulas and you can devise a method to connect it in the circuit, you could use an expensive multi-meter. Or, for less than $30 you could use our Kill-A-Watt meter. Simply plug the Kill-A-Watt meter in your outlet and plug your lights (or whatever) into the front of the meter. Instantly and effortlessly you can measure the following:
• Line Voltage (volts)
• Amperage (amps)
• Wattage (watts)
• Kilowatt Hours (KWH)
By multiplying your local rates for electricity times KWH measured by this meter, you can even determine the cost of operating your lights. You can also measure the power line frequency (in Hz), Volt Amps (VA), Power Factor (PF) and more. There’s even a built-in timer to show how long a circuit has been active. Specifications are as follows.
• Typical operating voltage: 115 vac
• Maximum voltage: 125 vac
• Maximum current: 15 amps
• Maximum power: 1875 volt amps
The Kill-A-Watt meter has a lot more household uses than just for your holiday lighting. Did you ever wonder if it was okay to plug your coffee pot into the same outlet as your toaster? What does it really cost when that TV stays on all day? Are those low-voltage landscape lights running up my electric bill? I seem to be burning out a lot of light bulbs in my house. Is my voltage too high? These and dozens more questions can be answered in seconds with this powerful, yet incredibly inexpensive tool.
This short extension is what you need when space is tight, such as behind a desk or cabinet. The plug is flat, so it doesn't extend from the jack and take up valuable inches when space is at a premium. Available individually and in 5-packs.
When those wall wart power supplies block two or three outlets on your power strip or surge supressor, you need our short extensions. This 14" extension lets you move the power brick off of the strip, and use all the outlets your power extension provides. Available individually, or in 5-packs.
There are times when you will want to run two cables off of one outlet. You may just need another outlet. Or, you may want to run two sets of lights off of one controller channel. In either case, this short extension is what you need. It's also handy if you have two power adapters, and only one outlet!
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