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Testing LED Xmas lights.
I have one of those animated outdoor reindeers that use LED lights. It
was a fairly costly deer, so I want to fix it. I brought it indoors to fix. Half the lights quit working during the holidays. I decided that now is the time to fix it, since it's too cold to do anything else anyhow. But they are wired in series, just like the old incandescent xmas lights. The old bulbs could be tested with a battery and a socket taken from a junked string, but it's not sdo easy with the LEDs. I know a resistor is needed in series. Even more odd, is the fact that while the string dont light up, if I look real closely in a dark room, there is a very faint glow, and each bulb appears to have to have that glow. Anyone have any ideas or tips for fixing this? |
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Testing LED Xmas lights.
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Testing LED Xmas lights.
Stormy is right. I use a sharp pin to puncture the insulation.
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Testing LED Xmas lights.
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