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    LED vs Incandescent Christmas Lights

    Is it my imagination or do the LED lights just not have the sparkle of the old style lights?

    I know they're supposed to be greener but I've only just chucked out my old set which gave up the ghost after 20 years & LED lights don't have replaceable bulbs so once one bulb goes the whole lot goes in the bin. That can't be very green...

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    LED last for ever

    Phillips, Osram and the other bulb manufacturers have been caught lying about bulb life
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
      Is it my imagination or do the LED lights just not have the sparkle of the old style lights?

      I know they're supposed to be greener but I've only just chucked out my old set which gave up the ghost after 20 years & LED lights don't have replaceable bulbs so once one bulb goes the whole lot goes in the bin. That can't be very green...


      LED lights don't blow as easily as filament ones so they shouldn't need replacing too frequently. Also, if one ore two LEDs do go, the other lights will still function.
      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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        I still got old skool ones up the 'warm' bulb color ones, but I feel a bit cheap as everyone else got fancy white LED's up, I feel like the poor kid who is wearing trainers bought because they looked like Reebok but actually weren't (I will never forget that aged 11).
        I like big butts and I cannot lie.

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          #5
          I had some of those with the replaceable bulbs around the coving in the front room, decided to leave them up after Christmas as they looked quite nice. Each time a bulb went it would knock a section of about 8 bulbs out, after a few months there were more lamps out than were lit, so I guiltily chucked the whole lot out.

          On the tree now I use "Warm White" LED ones, none have failed and they're about 3-4 years old. They don't look quite as nice as the old incandescent ones but they're close enough and obvioulsly no faffing with replacing fiddly bulbs.
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            #6
            Dunno, but here's a top tip:

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              #7
              Originally posted by rl4engc View Post
              I had some of those with the replaceable bulbs around the coving in the front room, decided to leave them up after Christmas as they looked quite nice. Each time a bulb went it would knock a section of about 8 bulbs out, after a few months there were more lamps out than were lit, so I guiltily chucked the whole lot out.

              On the tree now I use "Warm White" LED ones, none have failed and they're about 3-4 years old. They don't look quite as nice as the old incandescent ones but they're close enough and obvioulsly no faffing with replacing fiddly bulbs.
              Just picked up an old style set from the local garden centre & have strung them up over the mantlepiece. Definitely more twinkley than the LEDs so I shall enjoy them while they last

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                #8
                Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
                ..LED lights don't have replaceable bulbs so once one bulb goes the whole lot goes in the bin. That can't be very green...
                LEDs don't have "bulbs" - they are semi-conductor diodes. When they fail, they normally fail "shorted", so the rest will continue to function.

                Bigclive will tell you everything you need to know. He has quite a fetish for all things LED : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWxv0HUcw-g
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by nomadd View Post
                  LEDs don't have "bulbs" - they are semi-conductor diodes. When they fail, they normally fail "shorted", so the rest will continue to function.

                  Bigclive will tell you everything you need to know. He has quite a fetish for all things LED : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWxv0HUcw-g
                  You did wrong you were suppose to tell them "truths"
                  "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                    #10
                    Choose LED in 40 watt range

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