Re: Little lights

"Tapper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am trying to make lighted Christmas decorations for a dollhouse (1/12th
> scale). The smallest LEDs I have are too big, and the "microlamps" from
> Radio Shack (cute little LED-sized filament bulb) are OK, but they're
> expensive (over $1 ea) and I think the heat would be a hazard. I want
> strings of lights to go around the edges of the roofs, around Santa and
> Reindeer stand-ups, etc, just like on a real house.
> 
> Power reqs aren't important: I can run on batteries, use the DC juice in the
> house now, or go AC.
> 
> My DREAM is to make "icicle" lights, just like the ones that are so popular
> now on real houses. I'm fiddling with fiber optic and clear heatshrink
> tubing but the fibers are too stiff when they're short: they won't dangle
> from eaves properly, although horizontal runs are OK.
> 
> Any ideas for sources of strings of bitty little lights? Or fringes of fiber
> optic?  I want authentic-looking decorations, so I'm trying to create
> hundreds of points of light. I get a nice effect from staggered fiber in
> clear tubing but it's pretty time-consuming since I'm a beginner.
> 
> Thanks
> --Pat


Another idea.

Take two unisolated wires in parallel, and solder SMD leds, size 0603 on them.
Available in a multitude of colors, and mostly cheap. Called Chipleds.
Possibilities:

TLxx1008A Toshiba
LxQ9xx Osram http://www.osram.convergy.de/scripts/product_class.asp?CLSOID=10018