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@RSJB18 posted:

IIRC there is a direct LED replacement for the old style christmas lights too. Do some searching before taking them apart.

Bob

Look more closely at your LED Christmas light string. You’ll see a cylindrical device between the plug and the first light.  That regulates the electricity going into the LEDs, much like @gunrunnerjohn’s LED kits do for passenger cars. Your LED lights for home lamps also do the same. (The base usually has opaque ceramic housing that hides the electronics.

So there is no drop-in replacement for small bulbs, though you may be able to use them in certain applications. You need to adjust the circuitry to compensate for the fact that LEDs don’t need as much voltage to burn brightly.

Last edited by Jim R.
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