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From: nobody@anywhere.com
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living
Subject: Re: "Forever Bright" LED no-burnout Christmas lights
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:28:54 GMT
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On 26 Nov 2003 16:29:11 GMT, et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black)
wrote:
>Don Klipstein (don@manx.misty.com) writes:
>> I just want everything to know that these things exist and are
>> available! They are LED Christmas lights. Although they are not
>> completely indestructible, they don't burn out the way incandescent lights
>> do.
>>
>> There is a retail version having 35 "bulbs" for $8. It has 12 red, 12
>> orangish-yellow, 6 green and 5 blue bulbs. The green ones are a dim
>> yellow-green "olive green" but the other colors look good.
>>[stuff deleted]
>
>One of the chain drugstores here in Canada had what must be about the same
>thing on sale for $9.99 last week. I was almost curious enough about them
>to spend the money. Maybe when they go on sale again.
Which drugstore? We were pestering the poor guy at Canadian Tire
trying to find 'em.
>While maybe I might like them as Christmas lights, I was trying to decide
>through the package if the LEDs could be harvested for other things. If
>the LEDs were closer to "ultrabrite" than run of the mill LEDs, and could
>be extracted, they might be a good source of LEDs for other projects.
>
> Michael
>
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