On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:46:17 +0100, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

Yes the waterproof ones perished eventually. I doubt they were that
safe even then though. It would be interesting to find out exactly why
your more recent Chinese ones stopped, Its normally a wire loose
somewhere. However I have to say the wall warts that power them things
are normally beyond el cheapo, and cause terrible interference and
probably self destruct, so if you could find what it supplies some other
way, it might be fixable. Though those little control boxes that do
running lights and patterns etc are a bit of a mystery to me, and of
course, lights are not very useful either these days, though I probably
still have some of the pigmy bulb in a daisychain somewhere.
Brian

The item came without a USB power source, and yes, I have tested it in
known good USB power sources.

It has a complex looking circuit board built in, so plenty of scope for
failure and very little for diagnosis and fixing especially as it is all
encased in plastic.

To my mind the whole thing is over complicated and I would like something
simple with fewer points of failure.


May have to wait until Christmas to see what is in the shops this year.

However if someone does have a link to a 240 V set of outside lights I
would be grateful.

Cheers



Dave R


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