LED Icicle Christmas Lights

Icicle Christmas lights along a gutter or a porch roof are the classic Irish house display, and this 5 metre set is built to sit outside for the whole season.

5 Metre LED Icicle Lights in Warm White or Cool White

Eighty LEDs hang in dropping strands of varying length, which is what gives the icicle effect rather than a flat line of light. Choose warm white for a softer, more traditional look, or cool white for a crisper, brighter blue toned finish. Up to three sets connect together on the easy coupler, so a long gutter run needs one socket rather than three.

Specification

• 5 metre run, 80 LEDs
• Warm white or cool white
• Maximum of 3 sets connected together
• 220 to 240V, 8.8W
• Easy coupler connections
• Suitable for outdoor and indoor use

Fitting outdoors

Clip along a gutter line, a porch edge, a window head or a fence rail. Use an outdoor rated socket and keep connections off the ground. A weatherproof box such as the DRiBOX keeps plugs, couplers and timers dry through an Irish winter, which is what usually fails first on a Christmas display.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How many sets can I join together?
A: Up to three, using the easy coupler connections. That gives a 15 metre run from a single socket, which covers the front of most houses. Do not exceed three, because the coupler and the supply are rated for that limit.

Q: Warm white or cool white, which looks better on a house?
A: Warm white gives the softer, traditional look and sits well against brick, render and stone. Cool white is crisper with a blue tone, which reads as more modern and shows up strongly against a dark or grey house. Both are 80 LEDs on the same 5 metre run.

Q: Can they be left out all season?
A: Yes, they are suitable for outdoor use. The part that usually fails on an Irish Christmas display is not the lights but the plug and coupler connections sitting in wet, so keep those off the ground and inside a weatherproof box.

Q: How do I power them safely outside?
A: From a proper outdoor socket, ideally IP66 rated with a lockable cover, not a lead run out through a window. Put any plugs, couplers or timers inside a weatherproof connection box.

Q: Can I put them on a timer?
A: Yes, and it is worth it so they come on at dusk and go off overnight without anyone remembering. A plug in timer or a WiFi smart plug both work, and the WiFi ones can be changed from your phone.

Q: Are they expensive to run?
A: No. The whole 5 metre set draws 8.8W, which is less than a single old fashioned bulb, so a full evening costs very little even with three sets joined.

Q: Where can I buy outdoor icicle lights in Ireland?
A: Shamrock Electrical stocks LED icicle lights in warm and cool white along with outdoor Christmas lighting, weatherproof sockets, connection boxes and timers. We are in Rathcoole, County Dublin, just off the N7, and we deliver free to every county in Ireland on every order with no minimum spend.

Delivery

Free delivery on every order to all 26 counties, with no minimum spend.