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Subject:Re: Xmas decoration for the van
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Fri, 20 Dec 2013 17:25:51 -0800

Yer garden-variety LED and associated wiring is not gonna be bothered
much by the occasional freshwater freshet.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 12/20/2013 03:25 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> Hey, I used almost those same lights. No flashing, but with the same timer,
> etc. They got wet during a nightlong rain and would not turn off at all the
> next day. I took the batteries out and let the battery cases spend about
> six hours on a heater, after which they worked just fine. I put a baggie
> over each one and taped it up tight. You can operate the switch through the
> plastic.
>
> I presume the leds themselves are not the part that is susceptible to water
> because I didn't dry those and they worked. I only had to dry the
> controllers.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does that photo actually show Prancer being a sub woofer?
>>
>> : )
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Even better, Alistair has 16 hours of darkness this time of year!
>>>
>>> Stuart
>>>
>>
>>