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[quote user="gmpullman"]<p> </p><p>Maybe you can look at these for half the cost. I bought from this E-bay seller before.</p><p>Quickar Electronics. Lots of handy LEDs for model RR use.</p><p>http://cgi.ebay.com/12-WHITE-LEDS-12-INCH-12VDC-LIGHT-STRIP-KIT_W0QQitemZ260080897740QQihZ016QQcategoryZ42155QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260080897740</p><p>[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>I'm sure this is a good and useful product . . . but it's not the same.</p><p>It doesn't seem to have the "super" capacitor(s) to avoid or reduce flickering.</p><p>It's wired with some in series, some in parallel, so if you want to use less than the full 12 inches, I think you'll have a problem just cutting some off. </p><p>The Miniatronics unit has 7 very tiny (but bright) LEDs, and each has it's own resistor, so you can literally break off the part that's too long for the particular car without affecting the brightness of the remaining LEDs. That's probably why it's more expensive. </p><p> </p>
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