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It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition (youtu.be)
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[โ€“] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious about the options coming down the pike for people that don't like flicker. I heard some of you say that you run your LEDs off of DC power somehow. How do you plug in the string of LED lights to DC power?

[โ€“] yggstyle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Short generalized answer: it depends on the strip / strand... But if the strand has a brick at the end that is converting ac - > dc with 2 wires you can typically replace that with a better driver easily. It gets far more specific when a data line is introduced. It won't fix cheap LEDs outright but it can change how they behave.