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LED Christmas lights - love 'em or hate 'em?

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AndyC_772:
Now I have LED lights, which don't seem to die just because they've been stored in the loft for a while, I miss the game of "what ridiculous overkill test equipment can I use to find out which bulbs have died this year?".

String of fairy lights, £12.99.
Keysight 34465A to find the dead bulbs, £1252.

I'm sure there are plenty of more amusingly costly ways to do it... over to you!

Cerebus:
Well, a TDR is the obvious first point of call. On an older one, like one of the old Tek ones, the trace is possibly even going to look a bit like a string of Christmas lights with a little vertical blip of discontinuity as the impedance changes as you go though each bulb.

However, I'm sure we can come up with something a bit more exotic than that.

Why yes, you all should consider that a challenge.  :)

asmi:
When I was a kid, my father explained to me what the binary search is and demonstrated it as he was searching for a burnt out bulb. Still remember what it is 8)

TheSteve:
Indoor mini lights I use LED. Outdoor on the front of the house we switched back to incandescent and haven't regretted it for a second. Every time we come home from a walk or a drive etc and see the bright warm glow along the front of the house it makes us smile no end.

Refrigerator:
I hate, hate, HATE flashing LED christmas lights. Especially the real cheap ones that flash rapidly, who the hell enjoys looking at these?
They all have all these rapid, constantly changing flashy patterns but none of them have a nice slow fade. One of my favorite modes in the old lights that i have is the slow fade-in and fade-out into different colors. I actually used those lights in my uni dorm room as ambient lighting (nanoleaf eat your heart out).

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