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LED Christmas Lights and how to fix them

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David writes in -

Here's page & description of how LED Christmas lights work. I found this site while searching for a way to repair a string of LED lights. This answered a lot of questions I had, like why the LED lights flicker, and why there is no obvious transformer or voltage converter in the string.
They also have a page on incandescent Christmas lights and how to troubleshoot/repair them.

LED Christmas Lights and how to fix them - Link.

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Posted by: Anonymous on November 30, 2007 at 6:20 PM

Wow! The authority on led christmas lights here folks....

Good read however.

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Posted by: Anonymous on November 30, 2007 at 8:20 PM

I too have the exact same phillips LEDs. The blinking is enough to make me nauseous if it is the only source of light. There is however a solution! The Sylvania LED Micro-Style Lights (purchased from BJs) have some kind of phosphor like effect, when you pull the plug the glow slowly dies over the course of 20-30 seconds. As far as I can tell these lights have no discernible blinking effect.

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Posted by: Anonymous on December 4, 2007 at 7:26 AM

what an awesome reference. Thanks for sharing!

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