Apologies if this has been covered before anywhere (I did search :p) but im looking to power a string of falling star Christmas lights via battery. Can this be done? My end need is simply a strip of LEDs that light up in the same way these falling star lights do, but they have to be mobile and lightweight as i'm using them in a wearable context. [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-30-50cm-Shooting-Star-Icicle-Lights-Multi-Color-Christmas-Snowflake-Show-Bulb-/222241755280?var=&hash=item33bea41090:g:pvgAAOSw-kdXyU2l]20/30/50cm Shooting Star Icicle Lights Multi Color Christmas Snowflake Show Bulb eBay[/url] [img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kUcAAOSw14xWH18L/s-l500.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AXgAAOSwYHxWH18L/s-l500.jpg[/img]

I visited my son over the weekend and spent some time fixing stuff on his new 107 year old house. One outlet showed an open neutral. He threw a switch and it was fine. I presumed they put the switch across the neutral rather than the hot, but ran out of time to actually open it up. His FIL, an actual rocket scientist but now suffering from dementia, said it was cause by the electrician cheaping out and running 14/2 rather than 14/3 to the circuit. He didn't think it could be fixed without running new wire. He apparently was assuming it was a 3 way switch, though I don't know why. I know you have to run /3 to an outlet if want only half of it to be switched, but beyond that I don't know what he was talking about, or how it could be fixed it he is right? Any idea