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2023 Christmas Lights Enhancements

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Requirements: Hang multiple home-made light strings consisting of "color-changing" LEDs. Do this without climbing high ladders. Do not damage the house with nail or screw holes. Solution: Provide two strings of lights: one over the porch and one over the garage door. They are each plugged into a junction box mounted on the AC intake vent cover. O ver the front porch:  Th e light string was connected to the two hanging pendant lights using twist ties.  (This was done with just a step ladder.) Over the garage door: The light string is to be supported by #21 nylon twine looped under the gutter support struts. Since these are too high to reach with a step ladder, a scheme using long bamboo poles was devised. Gutter support strut The idea is to use Pole Tool A to place one end of the nylon twine (tied to a small velcro pad) under a gutter strut, and then use Pole Tool B to snag it using velcro. The nylon twine could then be pulled down to ...