Just flicked through the Maplin Xmas catalogue, and they have a set of blue led xmas tree lights for £30. 120 blue led's for 30 squid! thats 25p each!! Plus the box / transformer that they are attached to has several flashing and chaser modes! Cat. No L41AG. Check it out!
I got some last year when it was posted on here by fly I belive. They arnt that bright though, worth 25p each though, and you can bloo every household item
Man shame on you.. if they can be hacked..... pffft You know the quote.. "If its got silicon and you can hack it up..."
Picked up a set today and would guess the brightness at 2-300mcd - unfortunately the LEDs are sealed into a resin ball and my first attempt to free one resulted in shattered pieces all over the place - to late to search for the led.. Will try again tomorrow using some heat.. Only 3 or 4 spares with the set - and if the LEDs aren't recoverable tehn I'll just use them on the tree.. Of course if you can use them as LEDs with balls on the end they are def usable.. But me baybus's would look crap with them as they are..
Ok just succesfully extracted one.. remove led in globe from holder put in plastic bag.. Put in my small desktop vice Close vice until shatters Pick 3mm led from bits Put LED in tester - very bright - I would hazard a guess at 800 mcd or more quite a wide beam and slightly diffused.. So 120 3mm bright leds for 25p each - not bad..
