You probably have enough on your holiday to-do list that manually controlling your outdoor Christmas decorations doesn’t need to be on there. All outdoor automatic timers should be waterproof and ...

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Not satisfied with the handheld remote control for his outdoor patio lights, [timabram] decided to build an automatic timer using an ESP8266. He’s using a set of string lights from Costco, but as you ...

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Including string lights to add ambiance to your deck, path lights to illuminate your walkway, and more.

Q. During the holiday season, we put up a lot of outdoor lights, and I noticed that our power bill was higher than it has been. It got me thinking about outdoor lighting in general and what we might ...