January 17, 2016
Upgrade LEDs
2014, first year, versus 2015:
I don't know why, but the Nutcrackers were far dimmer than the first year. The voltage is the same, right at 12 volts, but all six of the LEDs were dim. Unacceptably dim. I had to do something. So I bought new 12V LEDs off Amazon. $7 for 300 LEDs, I wouldn't be out of much if is didn't work.
But they worked perfectly! The LEDs can be snipped in threes, I ran six, cutting the existing wires and soldered to new, backed with plastic to glue over the existing LEDs. Check out the difference between to original and the new:
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