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

On 26 Nov 2003 16:29:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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.

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
>