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Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: sirwesley on September 30, 2009,
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Suggestions on where to get LED Lights? Should I get C9's C7's, 5mm?
I'm looking at http://www.environmentallights.com (http://www.environmentallights.com) right now.
Will these lights go on sale after Christmas, so I can stock up for next year?
Thanx,
Wesley
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Its hard to beat Wal-Mart's after Christmas sale. When regular minis hit about .60 cents that's the bottom I think. Also dont assume since the store or two closest to you is wiped out that other stores are too. It's all about the neighborhood. My 2 closest stores were dry but another 20 minutes away they had a goldmine leftover.
Ron
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When regular minis hit about .60 cents that's the bottom I think.
.60 cents for LED mini's?!?
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That would be for regular minis.
The LED's went after Christmas for somewhere between 4 and 8 bucks.
Leon
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I bought blue and white 70 count LED minis at $1.20 in my nearby K-Mart stores during after Christmas sales.
Of course I emptied 2 stores ::)
Leo
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I bought blue and white 70 count LED minis at $1.20 in my nearby K-Mart stores during after Christmas sales.
Of course I emptied 2 stores ::)
Leo
Ahhh but those are likely half wave. Not really noticable until you dim them (They'll flicker)
Nice find though :)
Leon
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How can you tell if they are half wave or not? I had seen some at target this past week that were 6 bucks for 60ct mini led's but was hesitant to pick any up for the fact that they don't dim well.
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Look for Rectified (flicker-free) lights: http://www.ledchristmaslights.com/red-5mm-flex-change (http://www.ledchristmaslights.com/red-5mm-flex-change)
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How can you tell if they are half wave or not? I had seen some at target this past week that were 6 bucks for 60ct mini led's but was hesitant to pick any up for the fact that they don't dim well.
This article might help: http://www.ledchristmaslights.com/all-led-christmas-lights-are-not-created-equal (http://www.ledchristmaslights.com/all-led-christmas-lights-are-not-created-equal)
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what is the current prices for 100 count regular mini's like in the US. Here in Canada I can't find 100 regular mini's for under 9.00. I think I need to make a trip down to Bellingham and find a Target or Walmart. Could anybody in the Washington area let me know how prices are doing and if any stores are currently stocking lights.
Thanks
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The target by my house in the Atlanta area has the 100 minis for $2.49 in target brand or $4.49 in Phillips brand.
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Just found that Lowe's is selling 100ct wide angle LEDs (half-wave) for 10.47 and each purchase of these lights come with a 10-OFF-50 Coupon. So I can essentially walk out of the door at Lowe's with 500ct LED lights for around 46 bucks (including tax).
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can you let us in on the secret of finding the coupon
Thanks ;)
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I just walked in. Found these lights and there was a Coupon inside of the box. They were advertising it. Almost as if they want to get rid of the Flicker (half-wave) LEDs
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Sadly they don't have solid colors though. I'm manually going through strand by strand and converting them all to one color.
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Sadly they don't have solid colors though. I'm manually going through strand by strand and converting them all to one color.
ever notice how their is like 2 orange for every 1 blue. makes it hard to make a blue strand.
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Might have to watch doing the one color strings from multi's. The colors use different voltages and you could end up with a brighter string compared to the other. Can't remember the exact voltages but usually blue has higher voltage requirements when in series.
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Sadly they don't have solid colors though. I'm manually going through strand by strand and converting them all to one color.
ever notice how their is like 2 orange for every 1 blue. makes it hard to make a blue strand.
They do that because certian colors are harder and cost more money to make.
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Might have to watch doing the one color strings from multi's. The colors use different voltages and you could end up with a brighter string compared to the other. Can't remember the exact voltages but usually blue has higher voltage requirements when in series.
Yeah I've noticed that. Also, there are two types of bulbs in these strands. One bulb with a longer stem, and one with a shorter stubby stem. The longer one is the one used primarily throughout the strand, but right before the rectifier, they use the short one. You can swap out the LEDs inside of them, but the LED's themselves are very different. I have really only noticed a difference in brightness however, on the "converted" orange strands (which I don't intend on using anyways, except for Halloween)
But my Reds, Greens, and Blues are plenty bright 8)
These sets come with two replacement bulbs, however they are always "long" blue and "long" red, no short ones :(
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With all these Lowes coupons I've been getting, I've decided to go door to door in my neighborhood and pass them out along with a strand of my unopened "classic" mini's to encourage them to decorate for the Holidays. My street is always very dark, except for my house of course :P Hopefully I can change that this year, with a little Christmas cheer :)