buffalo ny: we are still running ours year-round outdoors. the 100
count = 1 watt/string!; in their third year, some sections have failed
and more of the blue ones have conked out than others. but an
impressive cost savings. if you are going for daytime decorations the
low wattage led's are not very visible. their cost has dropped from
$9.97 a string. but the wattage and brightness has increased last year
and even brighter this year. and the 70 count choices and others appear
to be selling out in the walmart superstore in nearby clarence ny as of
3am today. the white ones were sold out, but walmart is always
restocking nightly so don't give up on availability.
in white i think you will find them to be a very dependable indoor 24
hour decoration or night light usage around the house. if you should
have any conk out i have not seen the schematics for a string, but i
suspect in my case of the older the christmas assorted color string
that blue led's are a lower voltage so a shorter life.
see also ebay for the 21000 mcd keyring led light, delivered at under
$1.00 from hong kong.
if anyone has a link to the schematic please post it.
see wikipedia:
"LED-based Christmas lights have been available since 2002, but they
have yet to gain popularity and acceptance due to their higher initial
purchase cost when compared to similar incandescent-based Christmas
lights. For example, a set of 50 multi-colored incandescent Christmas
lights might cost $2.00 USD, while a similar set of 50 multi-colored
LED Christmas lights might cost $10.00 USD. Regardless of the higher
initial purchase price, the total cost of ownership for LED Christmas
lights would eventually be lower than the TCO for similar incandescent
Christmas lights since an LED requires less power to output the same
amount of light as a similar incandescent bulb."
quote and and plenty more reading at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED

Joseph Meehan wrote:
Last year I saw a far number of LED Christmas lights. Not a great
number, but not uncommon. This year, I have only seen a couple. Anyone
know what happened. I would guess they did not sell well last year. Were
there other problems?

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Joseph Meehan

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