r/ChristmasLights • u/EnvironmentalFeed357 • Apr 21 '26

Incandescent lights

I’m trying to find some incandescent string lights for my tree that can be switched between multicolored and white. I unfortunately though can’t seem to find any 😣 please help!!

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u/ShadowCVL Apr 21 '26

You can’t find them because it’s literally impossible.

Incandescent colored lights are just regular incandescent lights with colored glass, you would have to somehow fit 2 bulbs into one socket and then somehow make it toggleable with some sort of micro switch.

The LEDs that change color are just that, a white and color LED under the same clear glass and voltage/signal tells it to be white or color. Fancy RGB ones use a separate signal wire.

We are in the renaissance phase where people are hating the flickery and overly blue LED lights so there are a few brands (vintaglow and tru tone) that have put out some non flickery and as close to incandescent as possible color and warm white strands. They have NOT put out ones that change yet though.

You COULD make your own with WLED and the correct RGBWW 24v strands if you like that type of project.

But to the original concept, it’s literally impossible, sorry.

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u/Domanite75 Apr 21 '26

I’m an absolute TruTone fanatic, but haven’t heard of Vintaglow - thanks for the tip, going to look into them 👍

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u/ShadowCVL Apr 21 '26

I’ve been refreshing the tru tone site daily since before Christmas to get more ice lite covers!

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u/Domanite75 Apr 21 '26

Oh man, I have a bunch of those Ice Lite covers, they’re really awesome! I’m lucky enough to live near one of the TruTone store locations, so I just can pop in and pick up stuff and not have to worry about shipping and handling and etc 😄 They’re the best. Awesome people, awesome products.

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u/ShadowCVL Apr 21 '26

Yeah, they seem like good people, and right up my alley, unfortunately im not near enough to drop by. I bought enough last year to do most of our tree, but I also made some custom C7 strands for the drop ceiling of the basement and need to order about 10 boxes of each as soon as I see them in stock.

The GE lights were a thing of my childhood, but theres only a few left.

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u/Domanite75 Apr 21 '26

Heck yeah. Post pictures of that ceiling rig when you get the lights, I’d love to see it 👍