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Christmas mini lights - how can I change this circuit

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Christmas mini lights

My granddaughter has a small 120 volt Christmas tree with 5 minilights on it. As these minilights are wired it should have lights that are rated at 24 volts. All we can find are rated at 12 volts( for a 10 lights strand) and the burn real bright for about 60 seconds and burn out. How can I change this circuit to make the 12 volt lights work? Thanks
 

Christmas mini lights

Connect a 1N4004 diode in series with the lights then five 12V bulbs in series can be used.
 

Christmas mini lights

why not put two 12V lights in series. that will give the 24V.

Though i dont know your circuit diagram so can't really help.

On the face of it, to put a 12 V DC light where you have 24 V DC, you need a buck converter.
 

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