Illuminative Paper Lanterns

By Cody Scholberg

Decorative Paper lanterns are one of the main items used to illuminate many festival sites. Most people leave them permanently fixed in gardens and buildings in addition to other decorations.

Assembling Illuminative paper lanterns is very easy. In just a matter of 20 minutes, a lantern can be assembled and suspended. Paper lanterns are sold with a metal tool that is used to expand the lantern to the proper shape. A cord is needed to hang the lantern and is sold separately. Typically, 10 to 15-foot cords are available, for additional length, an extension cord is needed.

When you buy hanging paper lanterns, you can see that they are equipped with a metal tool for expanding the paper globe as well. The cord required to hang the lantern must be purchased separately. Since the cords normally come in 10 to 15-foot lengths, you may have to add an extension in the event you need more length.

Even though assembly is not difficult, be careful not to contact the sides of the lantern with the expander tool when widening the lamp. Additionally, collapsible wires are used to make the body of these lamps. This helps packaging and mailing lanterns so they can be kept flattened easily. To obtain the original shape of the lantern, the metal expander is needed.

The cord is attached once the lantern shape is widened. Place the cord up on the surface of the wall. Use hooks to fix the cord to the ceiling. Attaching the cord sometimes requires a suitable tape. However, hooks are more suitable than tape to install the cord. Install the bulb now. Since electric fixtures can ignite, keep enough space on both sides of the lanterns when attaching the bulb.

Many people use CFL bulbs in illuminative paper lanterns because they emit lower heat than incandescent bulbs. The bulbs should have appropriately low wattage to avoid the occurrences of fire. Switch on the light to see if all the operations work smoothly. Faulty installation may not produce the desired result some times. Re-install the bulb, if it is the case. - 29967

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