AAARGH LED Xmas Tree Lights, some bulbs not working

mystic_bertie

my led xmas lights are faulty, i have many not working and from what i have read its a case of if 1 bulb goes it takes out the rest of the bulbs in that series, well i cant replace these bulbs easily, they are not in bulb holders they are soldered onto the wiring and then covered in a plastic sleeve so i am unable to test for a faulty bulb.

any suggestions on how to fix these?

pics below, one is of a bulb with the plastic sleeve cut off.

should i buy new lights or can i fix these?

latecomer

if the leds are soldered in and in series then bin them and buy another set.

mcjordi

as above bin them tbh or wait till theres more dead led's than alight ones, a few places have 1/2 price decs at the moment

mystic_bertie

latecomer wrote: »

if the leds are soldered in and in series then bin them and buy another set.

oh dear more money lol, thanks for the info, whatever i buy ill make sure i get ones with replacable bulbs, these cost over £20 a set and i bought 2 set, money down the drain

mcjordi wrote: »

as above bin them tbh or wait till theres more dead led's than alight ones, a few places have 1/2 price decs at the moment

well one set is about 50/50 working and not working so i might use them around the window lol

any suggestions where to try for the half price lights then?

mcjordi

i know poundstretcher have half price stuff atm
also argos
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500000701&langId=-1&searchTerms=LED+christmas+lights&x=0&y=0

mystic_bertie

mcjordi wrote: »

i know poundstretcher have half price stuff atm
also argos
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500000701&langId=-1&searchTerms=LED+christmas+lights&x=0&y=0

thanks for that however all the argod led lights are not replaceable bulbs too so im not going for them again. ill pop along to b&m and b&q and see what they have

mystic_bertie

i ended up with 200 blue leds lights for £15 from b&m aka poundstretcher