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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Way Off Topic, But...
From: Gary J FollettDukes HiFi <dukeshifi@comcast.net>
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Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:58:15 -0600
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I tossed all of my incandescent holiday lights years ago, never sorry to see 
them go.

I have not had a single failure in the LED strings.

Gary

> On Dec 4, 2015, at 9:51 AM, James Boswell <jboswell@nrao.edu> wrote:
> 
> On 12/3/2015 9:18 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> This is way off topic and not radio related, but there are some danged
>> smart people that participate on the reflector, so here goes...
>> 
>> It's the holidays and we've put up Christmas lights (mostly incandescent
>> series strings) and I'm seeing some very weird affects when I try
>> replacement bulbs. Specifically, when I plug in a replacement bulb of
>> ostensibly the correct voltage, it flashes like a strobe and is
>> immediately burned out. I tried some higher voltage bulbs, up top 12 V
>> and the same thing happens! All I can think of is that the cold
>> resistance of the filament is much higher in the replacements than in
>> all the other bulbs so that far more voltage appears across the new bulb
>> than the others and so the filament vaporizes. Is this what's going on?
>> It's very frustrating, to say the least...
>> 
>> 73 & MX,
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
> Kim,
>       Have you tried to replace the bulb, then apply power? Something to 
> consider, the Chinese Christmas lights have no standardization, just because 
> the lamp base matches, the working voltage can be different.
>       It has been my experience, as a rule the cheap Christmas light strings 
> either work or not, and changing the light bulbs have not corrected the 
> problem as the socket is the fault. In the past I have carefully stored a 
> strings of lights and the next year, part or the entire string fails to work. 
> I ohm-out each light bulb, yet the string fails to light.
>       This weekend I will try to set-up my Christmas lights and I hope they 
> work. If I buy new lights, think I will try the LED lights and see if they 
> last better. I hope this helps you out.
> 
>       Take Care, Merry Christmas, 73'S  KA5SIW
> 
> 
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