Set of UBER RARE PIFCO Festive Christmas Lights - Up Close and Personal - Ep:4

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In this video, we examine a set of Uber rare PIFCO Festive Lights!

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Do you own a set?

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A little 'light' history.

The early 90's were the beginning of the end for 'classic' style Christmas light sets, new manufacturing and safety laws saw the delicate thinner cables replaced with thick and bulky black ones for 240v sets of lights, making them look cumbersome and chunky.

NOMA still produce some 'classic style' sets of lights, identical to the late 80's lights but unfortunately with this thick cable.

Over the years, Christmas lights have been replaced with characterless, shadeless sets of lights, then eventually we got the domination of LED lights.

Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of modern lights that I do like, and I will try to do some videos about them too.

We do hope that one of the legacy firms like PIFCO or NOMA bring back the classic style lights, perhaps in low voltage LED form in sets of 20 and 40, and possibly 60-100 too with the old style shades, a mix and match option would be brilliant.

What do you think ?

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00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Title Card
00:29 - Scarcity
01:01 - Identifying the Lights
01:14 - Close-up of the Shades 1
01:19 - Pom-Pom Lights?
01:25 - Christmas Gems?
01:50 - Conclusion they are Pifco, Cable Grip
02:13 - Close-up of the Clear
02:33 - Reason for Purchase and Colours
03:08 - Photos of the Box and Versions
03:24 - Bulb Holder Differences
04:00 - A Pifco Trait
04:13 - Trouble at First
04:31 - New Pink Bulbs
05:33 - The Issue Powering Up
05:55 - Lighting Up
06:36 - I Love the Smell of Old Lights in the Evening
07:03 - Outro

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