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Anyone know much about how/where to plug all those lights in? Is a surge protector enough? Can you use CFL bulbs? Good creative opportunity, just don't want to blow up the house. Thanks!

I dunno - I really don't like the look of all those black cords.

cat- Those particular cords are from Ikea (Hemma) and you can get them in either black or white.

I think it could be a really cool use of lighting. But I'm going back to 'west212' concern... how to plug them in, hiding the (plug-in) cords, etc.
I'm assuming that a few lights arent going to 'blow the house up' but just aestheticly speaking... I guess they all go into a power cord. Cords can be a really frustrating problem.

A power strip or all of them spliced into a single outlet should probably be ok.

If using 7 75-watt bulbs, you would be pulling less than 4.5 amps. A typical hair dryer pulls 10 to 15 amps.

7*75/120v = 4.4 amps