On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, Randall wrote:
>
>>> An led is a light emitting diode, so I think it will light
>>> for one half of the cycle when AC is applied to it.
>>
>> The fact that only half of them go out would seem to support that theory.
>>
>> What I don't understand is why you want to pull out one lamp. Those LEDs
>> should be good for upwards of 50,000 hours, which is some 30 years if you
>> run them for two months continuously each year. By that time you can just
>> throw the whole string away.
>
> Its a test to see if I'm going to want to strangle Santa with them in a year
> when I pull them out and the stupid thing doesn't light up.
>
> :-)
>
> I'd really like to get some lights where other than me cutting a wire, power
> gets put to all the bulbs no matter what is going on with any particular
> one.
Get lights with C7 bulbs. (or c7 led units.) That's the big,
actually screws in like a lightbulb, bulb.
--
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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