<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Ivany &#187; LED Christmas lights</title> <atom:link href="http://ivany.org/tag/led_christmas_lights/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://ivany.org</link> <description>pseudorandomness with just a hint of sarcasm for flavour</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:31:08 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <item><title>Burned out Noma LED Christmas lights</title><link>http://ivany.org/burned-out-noma-led-christmas-lights/</link> <comments>http://ivany.org/burned-out-noma-led-christmas-lights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:33:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jeff Ivany</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LED Lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canadian Tire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LED Christmas lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LED lights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Noma]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ivany.org/burned-out-noma-led-christmas-lights/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Burned out Noma LED Christmas lights are something I read a lot about. On almost all of my Noma posts, I have at least one person talking about how they have a set of LED lights with burned out&#160;bulbs. So, what do you do with a set LED Christmas lights that have burned out&#160;lights? Well, [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Burned out Noma LED Christmas lights are something I read a lot about.  On almost all of my <a href="http://ivany.org/tag/noma">Noma</a> posts, I have at least one person talking about how they have a set of LED lights with burned out&nbsp;bulbs.</p><p>So, what do you do with a set LED Christmas lights that have burned out&nbsp;lights?</p><p>Well, I hope you kept your receipts because <a href="http://canadiantire.ca" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/canadiantire.ca?referer=');">Canadian Tire</a> (who sells the Noma brand) will replace your burned out Noma LED Christmas lights lights with a new set.  This is because the Noma LED Christmas lights carry a 5 year warranty that covers burned out LED light sets. You <strong>must</strong> have your receipt&nbsp;though.</p><p>If you didn&#8217;t keep your receipt then you may need to get creative with your LED Christmas lights. Well, assuming that the entire set isn&#8217;t burned out that is. Depending on how you use your lights, you may not even have to do anything to mask your burned out&nbsp;lights.</p><p>If you put the lights on a tree or bush, you will hardly notice a few burned out lights. Remember that at night and from a distance, the whole tree or bush will just be a mass of lights.  Take a look at my <a href="http://ivany.org/example-noma-led-christmas-lights-outside/">example of Noma LED Christmas lights outside</a> from last year. The picture is very zoomed but you can still get the idea of how difficult it would be to find a few burned out LED&nbsp;lights.</p><div id="attachment_412" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://ivany.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/p1010165.jpg"><img src="http://ivany.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/p1010165-600x400.jpg" alt="Multi-colour Noma LED lights outside" title="Multi-colour Noma LED Lights outside" width="600" height="400" class="size-medium wp-image-412" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Multi-colour Noma LED lights&nbsp;outside</p></div><p>If you put the lights along your gutter or around windows then it gets a little more tricky.  If you really want to have evenly spaced out lights then one option is to double up a good light with a burned out light.  Assuming of course that you only have a few lights per string that aren&#8217;t burned out. Yes, this will shorten the distance you can cover with the set of lights but it will provide the even spacing&nbsp;desired.</p><p>Another option for gutters or around windows is to simply add more LED Christmas lights! One of my favorite displays of LED Christmas lights was the Physicians house at the <a href="http://ivany.org/upper-canada-village-alight-at-night/">Upper Canada Village&thinsp;&#8211;&thinsp;Alight at Night</a> display last&nbsp;year.</p><div id="attachment_415" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://ivany.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/p1010706.jpg"><img src="http://ivany.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/p1010706-600x399.jpg" alt="The Physician&#039;s House at Upper Canada Village" title="Physician&#039;s House" width="600" height="399" class="size-medium wp-image-415" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Physician's House at Upper Canada&nbsp;Village</p></div><p>This is a very good example of how adding more LED Christmas lights can hide the fact that some of your LED lights may be burned&nbsp;out.</p><p>Finally, if you&#8217;re really ambitious (and know what you&#8217;re doing) you could cut the dead LED Christmas lights out of the string of lights.  This would require knowledge of electrical stuff so you can reconnect everything correctly. I can&#8217;t really recommend anyone do this though as if you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing you could create a very dangerous fire&nbsp;hazard.</p><p style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px; background: rgb(221, 221, 221) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; clear: both;"><span style="display: none;">[</span> The post "<a href="http://ivany.org/burned-out-noma-led-christmas-lights/" title="Burned out Noma LED Christmas lights" target="_blank">Burned out Noma LED Christmas lights</a>" originally appeared on <a href="http://ivany.org" target="_blank">Ivany</a>. 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