Seriously.  They cost what, a few bucks?  And they fail almost without fail!  So what are they good for?  Take them down and they die!

I was listening to one of the fill ins on a talk show and he was ranting about them.  A caller said the reason is that the leads are cheap (ok, so are the lights) and that the reason they fail is they corrode so fast.  Given how many we replaced this year, and how many failed, I think he is right.  These Christmas lights are made to be disposable!  Guck!  Such a waste.  But that is what we demand.  We want cheap.  Good leads? (for any lectrician, they know this).  You want gold!  Does not corrode.  But then my wife really does not want me to melt her jewelry, so we get cheap.

I read Karmagirl's blog about LEDs (I cannot find it, sorry Karma!  Please send me a link).  I would be very interested to see if they do actually do better.  I am not questioning the lights.  But I am wondering about the leads.

And wondering why I am not just chucking all these lights in the garbage and going for more!  I guess because we get about a 50% retention rate.  But 50% of 20k is not good!  Ah the price of love!