String of white LEDs
 

Went to a wedding at a golf club and SWMBO saw some strings of white LED in
some bushes. They did look nice and she recalled that she once saw an
arrangement of small lights in one of those large "indoor garden" glass
bottles.

I am now on the hook to find a source of such a string of LEDs. Any ideas
anyone?

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Regards

John




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String of white LEDs
 

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Went to a wedding at a golf club and SWMBO saw some strings of white LED in
some bushes. They did look nice and she recalled that she once saw an
arrangement of small lights in one of those large "indoor garden" glass
bottles.

I am now on the hook to find a source of such a string of LEDs. Any ideas
anyone?



Probably they were Christmas tree lights/leds.
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Alan

String of white LEDs
 

Interesting - but don't need the various effects and the associated thick
wiring.

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Regards

John


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"John" john.plant90@NO-SPAMntlworldDOTcom writes:
Went to a wedding at a golf club and SWMBO saw some strings of white LED
in
some bushes. They did look nice and she recalled that she once saw an
arrangement of small lights in one of those large "indoor garden" glass
bottles.

I am now on the hook to find a source of such a string of LEDs. Any ideas
anyone?

John Lewis' lighting department have them.


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"Alan" wrote
| John wrote
| Went to a wedding at a golf club and SWMBO saw some strings of white LED
in
| some bushes. They did look nice and she recalled that she once saw an
| arrangement of small lights in one of those large "indoor garden" glass
| bottles.
| I am now on the hook to find a source of such a string of LEDs. Any ideas
| anyone?
| Probably they were Christmas tree lights/leds.

I don't now about strings, but QVC regularly have white light 'nets' that
can be hung or draped. And they also regularly have a summer-time christmas
show so you don't have too long to wait. www.qvcuk.com only shows what they
have in stock.

Owain

String of white LEDs
 

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John john.plant90@NO-SPAMntlworldDOTcom wrote:
Interesting - but don't need the various effects and the associated
thick wiring.

Easy enough to make, if a bit fiddly. Check Ebay for LEDs - there are many
selling them there. You'll need an appropriate DC power supply. 12 volts
would be suitable. To drive an LED at about 20mA (reasonably bright) from
12 volts each needs a 470 ohm series resistor.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
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String of white LEDs
 

Dave Plowman wrote:
In article ,
John john.plant90@NO-SPAMntlworldDOTcom wrote:
Interesting - but don't need the various effects and the associated
thick wiring.

Easy enough to make, if a bit fiddly. Check Ebay for LEDs - there are many
selling them there. You'll need an appropriate DC power supply. 12 volts
would be suitable. To drive an LED at about 20mA (reasonably bright) from
12 volts each needs a 470 ohm series resistor.

Easy to make, a little harder to make last long.
The cheapest LEDs have a life of some thousand hours before going dim.
Unfortunately, it's not easy to tell what the seller paid for them.
They also hate moisture ingress along the leads, so you really need
them in a little box, or at least something to protect from rain.

I made some almost invisible LED lighting.
Take 0.1mm wire, and solder onto LED dice (0.5mm^2).
In a non brilliantly lit room, you just saw three little blue stars hanging
in mid air.
Soldering does need done under a microscope though, with very, very
steady hands.

String of white LEDs
 

Huge - sorry - I looked on the John Lewis web site and found a string - but
they were with various flashing features and thick multi strand cable. I
shall thrash myself soundly and get down to the real lighting dept when next
in a suitable city.

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Regards

John

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"John" john.plant90@NO-SPAMntlworldDOTcom writes:
John Lewis' lighting department have them.

anyone?
I am now on the hook to find a source of such a string of LEDs. Any
ideas

bottles.
arrangement of small lights in one of those large "indoor garden"
glass
some bushes. They did look nice and she recalled that she once saw an
in
Went to a wedding at a golf club and SWMBO saw some strings of white
LED
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John

Regards


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wiring.
Interesting - but don't need the various effects and the associated thick

Interesting - I don't recall saying they have "various effects and the
associated thick wiring". I do recall saying "John Lewis' lighting
department have them."

Was that not plain enough?


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"John" john.plant90@NO-SPAMntlworldDOTcom wrote in message
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Went to a wedding at a golf club and SWMBO saw some strings of white LED
in
some bushes. They did look nice and she recalled that she once saw an
arrangement of small lights in one of those large "indoor garden" glass
bottles.

I am now on the hook to find a source of such a string of LEDs. Any ideas
anyone?

I bought some as outdoor Christmas lights a couple of years ago, from my
local Garden Centre.

Colin Bignell