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by desertratjack on Wed Dec 24th, 2003 at 10:52:44 PM MST
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Backwoods Solar sold LED light strings (12 vdc) but I found that by buying the WalMart colored light strings and rewiring the 120vac strings to 12 vdc that I could make the strings alot dimmer so that they are more pleasing to the eye and they also run on a lower voltage with longer life. If I remember right the bulbs I had were 5 in series for 12 vdc. Be aware that there is great variability in bulbs so different strings from different manufacturers have different resistances so it becomes a big puzzle (worse than just finding a bad bulb)if you mix different bulbs :-)
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