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Re: "Forever Bright" LED no-burnout Christmas lights



Michael Black wrote:
> 
> Don Klipstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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.

What was the drug store?  Thanks

> 
> 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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