[Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck?

[Karl Vacek]

> What I don't understand is why you want to pull out one lamp.
> Randall


It's not necessary to "want" to pull out a lamp - cheaply-made push-in bulbs 
tend to fall out when being handled - or sometimes just sitting in the 
intense vibration of a Christmas tree branch.  They also just lose contact 
while sitting there - I guess due to either corrosion or plastic shrinkage 
??

That'd be the value of an all-soldered assembly.

Karl