20 Rainbow Lights
Set of 20 shaded screw-in Christmas lights by Pifco.
Photos of Rainbow Lights:
Overview
A set featuring colourful lanterns formed of translucent coloured discs around a glowing opaque white core. All shades have discs in four different colours, but in different orders.
Dates originally from around 1974, when the set was introduced as ‘Rainbow Lights’ with catalogue number 1303.
The set appears to have disappeared from the range by the early 1980s, but was then reintroduced during 1985 with the name ‘Christmas Rainbows’ and catalogue number 1344.
Technical details
- Catalogue number upon introduction: 1303
- Catalogue number from 1985 on: 1344
- 20× screw-in bulb type 242, rated 12.5v 1.1w
- Patented Pifco sprung screw-in lampholder design, ref GB1144352
- Run-on loop of wire after final lampholder
Similarly-named models
Not to be confused with the earlier Rainbowlites set, catalogue number 1279. This was a set of 20 lights with five different colours of tubular shade.