Thanks Mike, Eric. To answer your questions...
A 2-meter section of the rope has two continuous wires from end to end... "+" and "-"
Between these wires runs a series of 6 groups of 12 LED's separated by a 300 Ohm Resistor (all 72 LED's + 5 resistors are in series.) At one end, the series is soldered to the "+" and at the other end the series is soldered to the "-" 220VDC can be applied to the two continuous wires at either end.
So, if I cut at one meter, I have the + and - wires, and one wire for the series (which in my original test I soldered to the appropriate wire to complete the circuit.) I end up with a one-meter length of 36 LED's and 3 resistors, and another length of 36 LED's and 2 resistors.
The resistors look like 1/4 Watt like we use in LE's. I've never seen it on the web, and the mfg Lanhe Light in Guangdong has no website that I can find.
Thanks guys... if this isn't clear, I'll draw something up.
John