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.
Mark
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