stan2004 posted:Joe, working with thin magnet wire can drive one crazy - "burning off" the enamel coating and soldering to tiny-fragile surface-mount-device (SMD) LED terminals.
Did you consider using pre-wired SMD LEDs sold at eBay (and elsewhere)? Hundreds of choices on eBay but not sure if the size, style, wire-diameters, lengths, etc. would be compatible with your specific poles. But they seem reasonably priced at, say, 50 cents a piece.
As for how to wire up (distribute) power to dozens of wire-pairs with lamp post LEDs, the often discussed eBay vendor "we_honest" has a reasonably priced board designed for this specific purpose.
I've never seen this either. What does the last description mean that it supports SMD LEDs or SMD/LED lights? not the same?
It's nice that it does all that from one board. Both type and wide input voltage. Dimmer on the output.
I bought some tiny prewired SMD after struggling with them myself. I was saving those for step and platform lights on diesels.
I also decided to try and use up all the extra stuff that I bought in error, and was not going to use.
I started so long ago, that many items are now obsolete!
