Dave Lag wrote:
> I was going to scale back myself this year,( nothing to speak of - half 
> dozen rope lights, snowmen, trees) considering electricity prices etc...

That's one nice thing about dimmable lights.  I can have the same number 
of lights installed, but if I just use full-on for effects, and use 
half- or even quarter-brightness for most strings, I have a well-lit 
house that costs much less to run.

BTW, I noticed LED bulbs, which I bought several strings of, flicker.  I 
wonder if that is because they only use half the sine wave and I'm 
seeing the 50% duty cycle or if they full-wave rectify and i'm seeing 
the 120 Hz zero-crossings...

--Michael
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