1 00:00:01,503 --> 00:00:06,272 START TO FINISH, IT TAKES THIS MACHINE JUST 90 SECONDS 2 00:00:06,274 --> 00:00:08,207 TO STRING 60 BULBS 3 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:10,610 TO MAKE A 30-FOOT STRAND. 4 00:00:13,381 --> 00:00:15,615 THE FINISHED STRANDS ARE COLLECTED BY WORKERS, 5 00:00:15,617 --> 00:00:19,318 AND EACH STRAND IS CONNECTED TO A DOUBLE-WIRED POWER CABLE 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,088 THAT PREVENTS THE WHOLE STRAND FROM GOING DARK 7 00:00:22,090 --> 00:00:23,689 IF ONE BULB BURNS OUT. 8 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:26,893 THE DOUBLE WIRE IS USED TO MAKE REDUNDANT ELECTRICAL PATHWAYS 9 00:00:26,895 --> 00:00:30,730 BETWEEN THE BULBS AND THE POWER CABLE CALLED PARALLEL CIRCUITS. 10 00:00:30,732 --> 00:00:34,033 THAT WAY ELECTRICITY CAN BYPASS THE BAD BULB 11 00:00:34,035 --> 00:00:38,104 AND FIND ITS WAY TO THE OTHER BULBS TO KEEP THEM GLOWING. 12 00:00:38,106 --> 00:00:39,639 ONCE THE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE, 13 00:00:39,641 --> 00:00:42,341 THE POWER CORD AND THE LIGHTS ARE TWISTED TOGETHER 14 00:00:42,343 --> 00:00:45,511 INTO ONE TIDY STRAND. 15 00:00:45,513 --> 00:00:49,215 EACH STRAND IS TESTED TO BE SURE ALL THE BULBS LIGHT UP. 16 00:00:49,217 --> 00:00:51,717 THEN THESE L.E.D. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS 17 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:54,821 ARE READY TO KEEP BURNING FOR 25,000 HOURS, 18 00:00:54,823 --> 00:00:59,125 OR ALL DAY EVERY DAY FOR THREE WHOLE YEARS. 19 00:01:04,532 --> 00:01:07,066 Narrator: WHAT MAKES THIS LITTLE METAL CLIP 20 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:09,469 STRONG ENOUGH TO SAVE A LIFE? 21 00:01:09,471 --> 00:01:12,338 WHY DOES IT TAKE AN ACTUAL RACECAR DRIVER 22 00:01:12,340 --> 00:01:13,538 TO MAKE A RACECAR SEAT?