Video: Chasing Mini Lights
Want a classic mini-light look with a little motion? These red chasing mini lights can do both: line them up for a true “chasing” effect, or scatter them through a tree or shrubs for a twinkle-like sparkle that feels random and lively.
In the video below, Shellie explains how the lights are wired in multiple circuits — that’s the trick that creates the chasing pattern — and how changing your layout changes the overall look.
Quick Specs (from the video)
- Total lights: 140 mini lights
- Spacing: 4 inches apart
- Approx. lit length: 48 ft 10 in
- Circuits: 3 (pattern cycles 1–2–3)
- Look options: straight line = chasing • random placement = simulated twinkle
- Speed control: use the controller box to adjust the chase rate
Tip: If you want the chase to read clearly, run them in clean lines (roofline, railings, trunks). If you want “sparkle,” place them more randomly — the pattern becomes a scattered twinkle instead of a marching line.
Video Transcript
Hi, this is Shellie over Christmas Light Source, and this is a set of our red chasing mini lights. Basically, these have 140 lights to the set, spaced four inches apart. So they are 48 feet, 10 inches long approximately.
And you can either have them straight line, or you can mix them up for a simulated twinkle effect. This actual set is on three circuits — so the lights travel 1, 2, 3… 1, 2, 3 down your whole set of mini lights.
If you have them in a straight line, it looks like the lights are tracking from left to right (or right to left). You can see that in the first three bulbs how it alternates 1, 2, 3… 1, 2, 3. So it’s not just one bulb traveling from one end to the other — it’s all three circuits.
Basically, you have one that’s doing on/off, the next one’s on/off sequentially, and the third one’s on/off sequentially. You control the rate of the flashing with your controller box. You can make it go faster until it has the appearance that it’s steady-on.
If you make them in a straight line, they’ll look like they are chasing — but if you randomly put them on your tree or shrubs, it’ll simulate random twinkle.
Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by, and you can find these in our mini lights category under Chasing Mini Lights. Thanks for stopping by.
— Shellie, Christmas Light Source
