... After four hours, the 3 batteries are all. With batteries the lighting time is even shorter. After I turned off the light string and the batteries overnight "recover" could. lit it for about 2 hours. Too Bad. Have the same light chain with 10 lamps and 2 batteries purchased, it burns much longer. Addendum of 19:12:12: Have the lights chain connected to a transformer (3V): SUPER!