I have a question about two Christmas star lights that go on top the Christmas tree. Each star has 11 lights and take 12 volt bulbs. The instructions for the gold star specifically state that you shouldn't replace the flasher bulb with a steady burning bulb because it could cause overheating.
The silver star doesn't have instructions (it belonged to a relative). I'm trying to figure out if this star can use both the flasher and steady burning bulbs or just the flasher. The relative had a steady burning bulb in it and it did overheat (just a bit) causing some of the reflectors around the lights to melt a little. However, I'm not sure if this is because this star only takes a flasher bulb or because the wrong voltage of lights were used. It uses 12 volt lights but I strongly suspect that the relative had been using 2.5 volt and 3.5 volt bulbs in it.
Is there a way to figure out if the star can use a steady burning bulb? The only info I have on it are the two little stickers on it that state what amps are used and have a bunch of numbers on it that don't look like anything important. I really have no intentions of using this star, but I think the relative kind of wants to use it (since I'm not using it).
BTW, could someone tell me what having a light set with too much voltage would do and what one with too little voltage would do? As I see it, in a 50 light set you could have as much as 600 volts in it (the most you could get in the average light set). You could have as little as 25 volts in a 10 light set (the least you could get in the average light set). I'm interested in what would happen to the light sets if you used either of them (I have no intentions of using them, I'm just curious as to what would happen).