Don't forget those old incandescent strings could draw up to 100 watts each! > And now more and more complexity with integrated ICs. I dunno. Which is more li

Don't forget those old incandescent strings could draw up to 100 watts each! > And now more and more complexity with integrated ICs. I dunno. Which is more likely to fail? The older electromechanical "blinkers" they used or a solid state IC? I do get it though. Society is addicted to disposable things. But I'm not sure the problem is these things being non-user-servicable. When these things go, they go... Usually the cabling gets fucked on them long before the LED's.