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@Norm Charbonneau posted:
Nice job as usual! I wouldn't give up on the inop LEDs though. I have been having some success with 0402 SMD LEDs and 32AWG magnet wire.
I am slightly suspicious this golden era of cheap Chinese eBay stuff is sort of drawing to a close. I have been getting a lot of cancelled orders due to items being out of stock lately.

Norm

First, as an admirer of your work, I appreciate the comments

Second..the failure mode was not in the LED itself..the insulation is thin and melts in the gooseneck if you allow it to get to warm during the soldering. And there is no way you can pull the wires out as they appear to be inserted before the tubing was bent

I share your concern about Chinese suppliers...

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