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1. [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:32:36 -0500 (EST)
Does anyone know if someone makes xmas lights that won't make me want to kill santa? Something that's durable enough to actually work fairly reliably, and where a burnt light doesn't take out the wh
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00145.html (6,648 bytes)

2. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:34:50 -0800
I picked up a set of LED lights at Wally World a few years ago, that seem to meet your requirement. In addition, they don't get nearly as hot as the incandescent ones, which reduces the chance of se
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00146.html (7,058 bytes)

3. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:16:16 -0800
The incandescent 'mini-lights' have driven me crazy for years. The packaging assures you that if one bulb burns out the whole string will stay lit. However, the problem arises from a broken or interm
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00147.html (8,305 bytes)

4. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:01:36 -0500
The ones I've seen advertised recently say things like "connect up to 76 in series". (I don't remember the number, but it's absurdly huge. More than 50, less than 100.) Even more fortunately, I dont'
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00148.html (7,999 bytes)

5. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:55:23 -0500 (EST)
So I picked up some LED lights at Target (bonus, no annoying bell ringers). Phillips 60 bulb multi-colored LEDs. These things look identical to regular filament setups. Same style plug, same extra w
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00152.html (8,779 bytes)

6. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Rich White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:09:57 -0600
A full wave bridge rectifier will pass DC with the bonus that it will be the correct polarity. An led is a light emitting diode, so I think it will light for one half of the cycle when AC is applied
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00153.html (9,884 bytes)

7. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:59:50 -0800
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 i
/html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00154.html (7,765 bytes)

8. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:57:30 -0500 (EST)
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 cuttin
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00002.html (7,826 bytes)

9. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:36:18 -0500
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 _______________________________________________ Support Te
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00004.html (8,015 bytes)

10. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:00:12 +0000
Like a nite-lite bulb. That's what I have for holiday lights on my porch. Can you actually get LED units that screw into such a string (or nite-lite!) without modification? I have not seen these. Ti
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00012.html (8,096 bytes)

11. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:35:23 -0600
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
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00013.html (7,752 bytes)

12. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:09:04 -0800
Hokay, if you say so. But even living in Shakey Town, I've never had one come out on it's own. Nor does it seem that difficult to locate and replace a missing bulb. But then, I'm crazy enough to hav
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00014.html (7,642 bytes)

13. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:54:26 -0600
Sure - I have some Noma sets from when I was a kid - and some a little older - with C7 bulbs - that work fine. But those hot bulbs are only usable on a real tree or outside... We went to what used to
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00015.html (8,981 bytes)

14. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:31:13 -0500
Yes. Much, much cheaper to buy a whole string, rather than individual bulbs. (Bulbs are about a buck a pop, in quantity, maybe a quarter on the string....) -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ______
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00016.html (8,288 bytes)

15. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Rich White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:18:57 -0600
That size of blub will cost a LOT more to use. nite-lite!) without modification? I have not seen these.> >> > Yes. Much, much cheaper to buy a whole string, rather than individual> bulbs. (Bulbs are
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00017.html (8,915 bytes)

16. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:03:52 -0800
http://www.foreverledchristmaslights.com/shop/home.php http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/c7-c9-LED-Christmas-Lights--699.htm http://www.bulklights.com/ Todd Seattle,WA '86 GTI, Red of course. (exciti
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00018.html (8,361 bytes)

17. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "scottmryan@netzero.net" <scottmryan@netzero.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:04:22 GMT
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 go
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00034.html (9,475 bytes)

18. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Patton Dickson" <57healey@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 12:31:10 -0600
They can break, can't they? -- Patton Dickson - http://Austin-Healeys.com - Plano, TX 1957 Austin-Healey 100-Six "Built to run 'til the road wears out." 1977 Newport '28 _____________________________
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00035.html (8,744 bytes)

19. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 12:51:51 -0800
Solid plastic; takes a lot to break them. I don't doubt it can be done ... there are times I've been tempted to take a hammer to them myself ... but odds are that the sockets and wires wouldn't surv
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00038.html (8,333 bytes)

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